Pet Peeves

[94GRAD]

You'd really think that a thread devoted just to complaining would have more than 2000 posts.

What grinds my gears is people complaining that people aren't complaining enough. ;)

[X-band '01]

You'd really think that a thread devoted just to complaining would have more than 2000 posts.

And this is all we could manage in 6 and a half years? Shame.

[coasterville95]

Cintas center food is in a category by itself. High prices, low quality. I've tried this years Musketeer Bavarian pretzel. The salt seems different but the pretzel itself is meh. Last Friday club blue was getting like $8 for cold to not quite look warm burgers. Is quality commensurate with price too much to ask for. The new cash control system in Club Blue sucks as well. So now I have to stand in one line to order (usual behind people trying to make up their minds) so I can get some laminated tickets that I then have to take and stand in another line and repeat my order and get the food. Then you get to the bar in Club Blue and there are no qualifying beers. Then they got rid of the City BBQ booth for "might have gotten to look at a bottle of ribs King sauce imitation Montgomery Inn".

[X-man]

Cintas center food is in a category by itself. High prices, low quality. I've tried this years Musketeer Bavarian pretzel. The salt seems different but the pretzel itself is meh. Last Friday club blue was getting like $8 for cold to not quite look warm burgers. Is quality commensurate with price too much to ask for. The new cash control system in Club Blue sucks as well. So now I have to stand in one line to order (usual behind people trying to make up their minds) so I can get some laminated tickets that I then have to take and stand in another line and repeat my order and get the food. Then you get to the bar in Club Blue and there are no qualifying beers. Then they got rid of the City BBQ booth for "might have gotten to look at a bottle of ribs King sauce imitation Montgomery Inn".

I would put Ryan's in the same category...bad food, bad service, high prices, and bad beer. No wonder that place is empty on game nights. I do remember fondly the scene there when it first opened. Lines to get in on weekends, overflow tables into the rotunda, table service that worked even though the joint was packed, good food, and $1 PBR drafts. Ah, the good old days. Xavier took a highly successful operation and turned it into joke.

Thank God for Listerman's.

[MADXSTER]

Pet Peeve - I've yet to win the split the pot - 4 games and I'm still a giver.

[LadyMuskie]

What grinds my gears is people complaining that people aren't complaining enough. ;)

No doubt! Or the people who complain about the people complaining that we aren't complaining enough!

[Masterofreality]

I played a 5 game parlay at the Sports Book in Nevada vs the spread. Got 4 games right. Only one I missed was Miami (O) at Millett. They were getting points. Got blown out by Evansville.

They always played like the San Antonio Spurs against Xavier there and of course they mail it in when I could have won a cool $440. Jerks.

[sgarcia]

People who take stuff out of the microwave before the time is up and don't hit the clear button. It annoys me to no end for some reason.

[blobfan]

You'd really think that a thread devoted just to complaining would have more than 2000 posts.

If we limited our complaints to this thread, it would be. If you just added the discussions in other threads about late arrivals/early departures/not enough cheering/too much booing then it would be too long for the server to process.

[ballyhoohoo]

I absolutely hate that public restrooms doors are push to enter and pull to exit. I just washed my hands and would prefer to just use my elbow to push the door open and not touch the filthy door handle/knob.

[paulxu]

Just think how big it would be if you brought all the Mack haters' and naysayers' comments in here.

Should I be "peeved" that your logo hasn't changed?

[LadyMuskie]

I absolutely hate that public restrooms doors are push to enter and pull to exit. I just washed my hands and would prefer to just use my elbow to push the door open and not touch the filthy door handle/knob.

Totally agree.

Did you see that study out of England about the electric hand dryers in bathrooms? Apparently they suck at drying hands, but really do well at spreading disease and bacteria!

[LadyMuskie]

I think I've mentioned this before, but people who don't use their turn signals. Seriously. How hard is it to use a turn signal? Are you eluding a tail so you can't signal? Are you such a a-hole that you can't use it to prevent an accident or allow for someone to pull out of a cross street? What is the problem?!?!

[coasterville95]

It took a scientific study to prove that electric hand dryers are useless???

[LadyMuskie]

It took a scientific study to prove that electric hand dryers are useless???

The study was to show how they spread disease and bacteria. Apparently when the air starts blowing out, all it does it blow the bacteria, fecal matter, etc. off of your hands and into the air in the bathroom where it can live and enter your body, land on your skin, etc. Bathrooms with hand dryers had 27 times more bacteria in the air than bathrooms with paper towels. And the high speed dryers are worse than the regular kind. So, the next time you're in a bathroom with hand dryers you can thank the University of Leeds for informing you that you're walking around in air that has 27 times more bacteria in it than a bathroom with no hand dryers!

[RealDeal]

People who think the Bears are a great NFL franchise, and people who think Ditka is a great coach.

[Strange Brew]

It took a scientific study to prove that electric hand dryers are useless???

The Dyson ones are pretty cool and dry my hands nicely. Apparently they may also help to boost my immune system by exposing me to 27x more bacteria!

[xeus]

"White privilege" articles that seem to be popping up everywhere in the wake of Michael Brown and the "can't breathe" guy.

[waggy]

"White privilege" articles that seem to be popping up everywhere in the wake of Michael Brown and the "can't breathe" guy.

Mouse clicks. The new ratings and revenue system.

[PM Thor]

Businesses that don't follow through with what they said they would do. Guy said he would call back within 2 hours after coming out to my house for some plumbing work, half a day later and still no communication. Even after I've called his boss twice.

[BBC 08]

"White privilege" articles that seem to be popping up everywhere in the wake of Michael Brown and the "can't breathe" guy.

Eric Garner. Deserves to have his name remembered.

[MADXSTER]

Car horns on the radio. I may slow down or look around to see what's going on before I realize the sound came from the radio. Recently was backing out of a space, heard a car horn and slammed on the brakes. Yeah I got pissed.

[coasterville95]

Yeah sirens and car horns ought to be banned from the radio for precisely that reason.,

[Porkopolis]

Someone stealing my wife's debit card number and spending thousands of dollars in Oklahoma before the card is shut down on a fraud alert. This despite the fact that I placed a $500 cap on daily spending because this very thing happened exactly a year ago. Criminals suck.

[X-band '01]

Sorry to hear that, Porkopolis. Gotta wonder how criminals get around bank restrictions to pull off garbage like that.

[Kahns Krazy]

People that bring smelly food from the food court on a plane.

[muskienick]

People that bring smelly food from the food court on a plane.

Especially when it smells good and all the peons get on the plane is a cuppa!

[waggy]

Forum polls.

Get lives you fucking tards!!

[MADXSTER]

Forum polls.

Get lives you fucking tards!!

agree

[outsideobserver11]

Sitting in traffic and you can smell the cigarette from the car next to you...horrible! (at least for a non-smoker)

[Strange Brew]

Sitting in traffic and you can smell the cigarette from the car next to you...horrible! (at least for a non-smoker)

People who complain about problems easily solved. :)

[outsideobserver11]

Touche. But I'm talking about even with my windows up and everything. My only real options are to sit there and take it all in, or start ramming all the cars around me until they let me out.

[LadyMuskie]

I'd really like it if we could stop telling people, in so many words, that because a premier program lost a game we're not allowed to criticize or complain about one of our losses. I've seen it done countless times in the last week by many different posters. For example, "Well, UK lost last night so I guess they should fire Calipari since you're all complaining about Mack and losing".

Those comments make absolutely no sense and add next to nothing to the discussion. I haven't yet to read from any poster on here that X should be undefeated, or that only good programs are undefeated. Those statements about other programs losing are a knock at the well-thought-out critiques, criticisms and complaints that posters are trying to give and which are a good thing because ignoring issues is what causes more issues. I know it's hard to read criticisms of a program and/or coach that you love so dearly, but in reality, if we didn't all love Xavier dearly, we wouldn't be well known members of this board.

I think it's clear that no one wants Mack fired because he lost one game or because he made one bad coaching choice or because he isn't Coach K. That's just absurd. There are some very good critiques, some very valid criticisms and some honest concern about our program and trying to boil down those critiques, criticisms and concerns to "Mack lost so you want him fired and that's insane because all teams lose" is ridiculous.

[paulxu]

Lady, I'm going to assume that is on me. So, I'd like to restate something:


I hate where our team is right now. The results we have so far this season. I think we can do better. I hope the coach can be effective in helping to make that happen; the players have to do their part as well. But second-guessing everything he does (certainly our right on a message board) and then when he does something that has been noted often...doesn't even satisfy the people who have noted that item.

I was (and am) only looking for a little consistency in the criticism. That's all. Not now, or would ever, say we can't criticize all we want.
My use of Coach K was an effort to point out the over-the-top way some people approach the situation.

Just want it to be a reasonable, and a consistent approach. My own pet peeve I guess.

[LadyMuskie]

Not just you, Paul, by any stretch. It's been brought up by at least 4 different people in the last few days. Albeit, yours was the last one I saw.

Yet, I stand by what I wrote above. Every time someone posts that, all I can think to post in reply is something along the lines of "Only in Mack's dreams could Mack be compared to Coach K" to really stir the pot.

And, to think the the Cameron Crazies won't be calling for K's job if he starts making it a habit to lose to every road conference game and come home to lose to a conference foe like Miami is naive. Take Tubby Smith. He gave UK fans a championship banner to hang, a perfect season, countless SEC titles, basically nothing less than a Sweet Sixteen appearance as head coach, reached 100 wins faster than any other UK coach save Rupp (thanks Wikipedia!), and they ran him out of Lexington because he couldn't crack the Final Four more than once. Fan bases are irrational - almost, some would say, fanatical. Xavier fans included.

If you're looking for reason, sports fans and sports messageboards are the last place on earth to find it, with the exception of the United States Congress.

[Kahns Krazy]

Sitting in traffic and you can smell the cigarette from the car next to you...horrible! (at least for a non-smoker)
This is only a peeve for me when they have rolled their own and aren't sharing.

But seriously, it is amazing to me how far away you can smell a cigarette on the road.

[MADXSTER]

When someone opens their car door and empties their cigarette buds all over the street.

[RealDeal]

When someone opens their car door and empties their cigarette buds all over the street.

That's one of mine as well. How f-ing lazy.

[LadyMuskie]

When someone opens their car door and empties their cigarette buds all over the street.

Or when they empty it in a parking lot.

I saw a guy in his company truck chuck a fast food bag and pop out of his window the other day. Napkins and food wrappers immediately started blowing around. So, I helped him learn about the consequences of littering by calling the number on his truck and talking to, it turned out, his mother.

[94GRAD]

Or when they empty it in a parking lot.

I saw a guy in his company truck chuck a fast food bag and pop out of his window the other day. Napkins and food wrappers immediately started blowing around. So, I helped him learn about the consequences of littering by calling the number on his truck and talking to, it turned out, his mother.

Boy do I know this first hand!!!

[blobfan]

Or when they empty it in a parking lot.

I saw a guy in his company truck chuck a fast food bag and pop out of his window the other day. Napkins and food wrappers immediately started blowing around. So, I helped him learn about the consequences of littering by calling the number on his truck and talking to, it turned out, his mother.

That's awesome. I often wonder how stupid people are to act like jerks when there's a company name and number printed on their vehicle. It's for this reason I don't have an X bumper sticker on mine. I'm good most of the time but spend too much time on the interstate to fully behave. And I don't want it to reflect badly upon X.

I was driving up Reading the other week and saw someone open their door and just drop a bag of fast food trash on the road. Can you not wait until you get home? Do you not have trash cans at your destination? I wanted to ram that car. I really did. Couldn't get close enough.

[paulxu]

Enjoying the avatar changes!
Public reps...can't do the other thing.

[Kahns Krazy]

Or when they empty it in a parking lot.

I saw a guy in his company truck chuck a fast food bag and pop out of his window the other day. Napkins and food wrappers immediately started blowing around. So, I helped him learn about the consequences of littering by calling the number on his truck and talking to, it turned out, his mother.

Oh, that is awesome.

[Kahns Krazy]

That's awesome. I often wonder how stupid people are to act like jerks when there's a company name and number printed on their vehicle. It's for this reason I don't have an X bumper sticker on mine. I'm good most of the time but spend too much time on the interstate to fully behave. And I don't want it to reflect badly upon X.

I was driving up Reading the other week and saw someone open their door and just drop a bag of fast food trash on the road. Can you not wait until you get home? Do you not have trash cans at your destination? I wanted to ram that car. I really did. Couldn't get close enough.

I saw a guy at a bus stop who was literally sitting right next to a garbage can stand up, walk toward the street and chuck his empty food wrapper in the street. It's difficult to watch this behavior out of the kind of young punk that dresses a certain way over and over and not draw conclusions about people who look and act that way in general.

[chico]

Xavier road games.

[Cincypunk.org]

It is 2015 and people still litter. We are fucked.

Every day I walk my dogs for about an hour and in that time I easily fill to the brim two large bags full of litter. Same route every day and it never fails, the route I have cleaned up is lined with fast food bags and wrappers, beer cans, cigar wrappers, mt dew cans, etc. Damn shame.

[D-West & PO-Z]

The people in my living community who dont pick up their dog's shit. I have witnessed the same guy 3 times watch his dog shit, right by where everyone parks, with his arms crossed and then leave it there, even as he knows I see him!

Thankfully our leasing office has either noticed as well, or gotten enough complaints that they sent out a letter of warning to pick up after your animals.

[Emp]

The bandwagon wimps on this board who trash Mack and our players. Its nauseating. Instant gratification, entitlement. Sheesh.

[Emp]

The people in my living community who dont pick up their dog's shit. I have witnessed the same guy 3 times watch his dog shit, right by where everyone parks, with his arms crossed and then leave it there, even as he knows I see him!

Thankfully our leasing office has either noticed as well, or gotten enough complaints that they sent out a letter of warning to pick up after your animals.

Say something! I try "You know, there is no Poop Fairy."

[D-West & PO-Z]

Say something! I try "You know, there is no Poop Fairy."

Normally I would, especially if I stepped in it or it was more in my way, but I would lie if I said I was the perfect neighbor so I havent said anything. Seems a lot of other people did say something to our leasing office though. Hopefully it stops now.

[PM Thor]

Could be worse, you could have a neighbor a couple houses down who put out an email complaining about dogs peeing on a tree in his yard. This is the same guy who banged on my door and yelled at my wife about our dog barking while the dog was in our house. The guy is a freaking idiot.

[blobfan]

Could be worse, you could have a neighbor a couple houses down who put out an email complaining about dogs peeing on a tree in his yard. This is the same guy who banged on my door and yelled at my wife about our dog barking while the dog was in our house. The guy is a freaking idiot.

Dog owners in this town suck. They tie their dogs up on short chains or in small yards and leave them outside to bark all day. But it's ok because they got a small dog. And you know that thing some authorities say about checking up on your neighbors? Try knocking on someone's door after their dog has been barking outside for 3 hours on a hot summer day to make sure they are ok. Normally this lady didn't leave her dog out for more than an hour so after 3 I was both annoyed and legitimately concerned. I didn't get half of the sentence out before she started yelling at me for letting my perfectly silent dogs bark all the time (she was confusing them with my neighbor's 3 maniac hounds). Then 2 days later called the police and said I'd come onto her property and threatened her. Complete psycho.

[Kahns Krazy]

At a previous house, I seriously considered putting a sign in my yard with a picture of my dog with the message "If this isn't you, don't leave your shit in this yard".

I no longer have a dog, but I'm far more tolerant of other people's dogs. Some dogs bark. Some kids yell. Some adults come home drunk at 3 AM and smoke outside. I don't what that crap happening every day, but if I wanted it to happen never, I wouldn't live in a neighborhood where I can smell what the neighbors are cooking and see what they are watching on TV and hear when they flush the toilet. I'd live on a farm.

[Kahns Krazy]

I bet it's somewhere in this thread, but I hate when the Northeast gets a weather event and the national news acts like the rest of the country ceases to exist. Yeah, it's a big snowstorm. Yeah, we all get weather. Yeah, it's a pain sometimes. No, you aren't any more awesome than the rest of us.

[Masterofreality]

I bet it's somewhere in this thread, but I hate when the Northeast gets a weather event and the national news acts like the rest of the country ceases to exist. Yeah, it's a big snowstorm. Yeah, we all get weather. Yeah, it's a pain sometimes. No, you aren't any more awesome than the rest of us.

Preach!

Buffalo got 5 feet and was little more than a side story.

New York City gets 5 inches and it's talked about for 1/2 of the national newscasts.

In Cleveland, we call 5 inches - "Tuesday."

[Emp]

$9 for a 24 oz soda at the Verizon center. The beer was cheaper.

[coasterville95]

Seems like an easy enough solution - order a nice cold beer.

[94GRAD]

When someone orders a Hamburger and when I bring it to them, they ask where is the cheese?

[MADXSTER]

When someone orders a Hamburger and when I bring it to them, they ask where is the cheese?

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday

[bobbiemcgee]

$9 for a 24 oz soda at the Verizon center. The beer was cheaper.

Bloomberg effect

[RealDeal]

When ESPN runs Hernandez updates at the bottom of the screen, how is this a sports story?

[LA Muskie]

When ESPN runs Hernandez updates at the bottom of the screen, how is this a sports story?
It's a story about an athlete.

[RealDeal]

It's a story about an athlete.

Nope, it's a story about a psycho murderer. Is the news about athletics? No, it's about his fucking murder trial.

When was uconns last championship?

[LA Muskie]

Nope, it's a story about a psycho murderer. Is the news about athletics? No, it's about his fucking murder trial.

When was uconns last championship?
It's about an (alleged) psycho murderer NFL player. I guess theoretically ESPN could just report on sports scores, contract negotiations, and trade discussions. But it certainly doesn't have to limit itself to that extent. You know, the First Amendment and all. Hell, it doesn't even have to limit itself to sports-related stories if it doesn't want to.

As for you -- if you want to change the station, or the webpage, you have every right to vote with your eyeballs. Why you are taking this so seriously -- and personally (a red dot from you is a badge of honor, so I'll take it as a compliment) -- I haven't a clue. Nor do I care.

[paulxu]

When was uconns last championship?

April, 2014.

[D-West & PO-Z]

It's a story about an athlete.

Ha, yeah seems pretty easy to see why ESPN is giving updates about this story.

[Blue Blobs Bro]

Crappy all star games

[RealDeal]

It's about an (alleged) psycho murderer NFL player. I guess theoretically ESPN could just report on sports scores, contract negotiations, and trade discussions. But it certainly doesn't have to limit itself to that extent. You know, the First Amendment and all. Hell, it doesn't even have to limit itself to sports-related stories if it doesn't want to.

As for you -- if you want to change the station, or the webpage, you have every right to vote with your eyeballs. Why you are taking this so seriously -- and personally (a red dot from you is a badge of honor, so I'll take it as a compliment) -- I haven't a clue. Nor do I care.

Thanks for telling me I don't have to watch a sports channel if I don't want to read about a murderer and his trial, that's really helpful information. This thread is about pet peeves, care to explain to me how my pet peeve is incorrect according to your system? Or how anyone's freaking pet peeves can be incorrect you know it all board conscience?

Really don't bother. The opinion of anyone who argues that uconns championships were in the distant past really doesn't interest me.

[RealDeal]

April, 2014.

Tell the know it all.

[RealDeal]

Here's a refresher for everyone who either can't read the thread title or doesn't know what a "pet peeve" is:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_peeve

Thanks!

[LA Muskie]

Here's a refresher for everyone who either can't read the thread title or doesn't know what a "pet peeve" is:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_peeve

Thanks!

You asked a question. I answered it. Didn't realize it was rhetorical.

Since you're giving us all a lesson, let me see if I have this pet peeve thing down now, though:

Whiny-ass posters who (1) complain because ESPN is reporting a newsworthy story about a former professional athlete's trial for murder (allegedly) committed while he was featured on one of this year's Super Bowl teams (and is the only reason he's not still a professional athlete), and then (2) front when they are called out for the lunacy of their complaint.

Did I get the whole "pet peeve" thing right this time?

[Blue Blobs Bro]

New pet peeve, people complaining about others personal pet peeves

[D-West & PO-Z]

You asked a question. I answered it. Didn't realize it was rhetorical.


Yeah its true Real Deal, you definitely asked a question. I could get your point if you just made a statement but you asked and it didnt seem rhetorical. You cant get mad when someone answers.

[RealDeal]

You asked a question. I answered it. Didn't realize it was rhetorical. ?

It's a pet peeve thread, read the definition of a pet peeve. How could you not realize it was a rhetorical question? Wait don't answer that. See how that works?

And btw uconn is the current ncaa champs, sport.

[RealDeal]

Yeah its true Real Deal, you definitely asked a question. I could get your point if you just made a statement but you asked and it didnt seem rhetorical. You cant get mad when someone answers.

You really think I was asking why ESPN is covering that story? Uh, no I understand ratings and murder stories. The point was it's not sports. And it's not. And again what is this thread about?

[D-West & PO-Z]

You really think I was asking why ESPN is covering that story? Uh, no I understand ratings and murder stories. The point was it's not sports. And it's not. And again what is this thread about?

Your entitled to your opinion and to be annoyed by it, no argument there, but it is definitely 100% sports related. If ESPN was only covering it because it was a murder trial and it gets ratings, they would have covered Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias.

[LA Muskie]

Time to unwind RealDeal. Smoke em if you've got em.

Go buy yourself a copy of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Not about sports. Thankfully.

I don't understand your fascination with UConn. Or why you think I care.

G'night!

[LadyMuskie]

New pet peeve, people complaining about others personal pet peeves

No doubt. This whole damn thread is 52 pages of people whining and complaining about stuff. If you don't like people complaining, then stay out. Fairly simple.

[LadyMuskie]

Time to unwind RealDeal. Smoke em if you've got em.

Go buy yourself a copy of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Not about sports. Thankfully.

I don't understand your fascination with UConn. Or why you think I care.

G'night!

After what you posted above, you should take your advice. You called a guy a whiny-ass poster for having an opinion that doesn't match your own, and you think he's the one out of line and wound up? (rhetorical question)

[waggy]

Littering pisses me off too.

[RealDeal]

Your entitled to your opinion and to be annoyed by it, no argument there,

People have been arguing with me about it for 2 pages.

[LadyMuskie]

Littering pisses me off too.

Stop whining, or the pet peeve thread police will get you! :secretservice:

[LA Muskie]

After what you posted above, you should take your advice. You called a guy a whiny-ass poster for having an opinion that doesn't match your own, and you think he's the one out of line and wound up? (rhetorical question)

I do. But only because of his public and private responses to my one-sentence answer to what did not appear to be a rhetorical question.

I don't begrudge anyone a peeve.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Bob Knight still providing "analysis" during college basketball games.

[paulxu]

Rhetorical questions.

[LadyMuskie]

Rhetorical questions.

And answers to them.

[Masterofreality]

Rhetorical questions.


And answers to them.

And then questioning the rhetorical answers.

[Emp]

Seems like an easy enough solution - order a nice cold beer.

At Cintas, I order more than one. Away venues, discretion, valor, etc. I got removed on one occasion, threaten Ed dayton more than once.). Beer seems to fuel my motormouth and lower inhibitions, as we all know. Save the drinking for post away games now.

But to the point, your average casual attendee with spouse and kids, 9$ is pretty steep, and you really shouldn't feed them beer in public.

[paulxu]

Having to watch a 30 second commercial every time I go to a video link.
Especially if the video is 12 seconds long.

[bjf123]

New pet peeve, people complaining about others personal pet peeves

Public reps.


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[X-man]

Having to endure seemingly monthly fund drives by WVXU, my station of choice on my commute. During the one they just completed Friday, I contemplated dropping my sustaining membership until they figure out a way to either fund drive less (the typical fund drive schedule is four times a year; WVXU runs at least twice as many) or allow existing members to get the regular NPR feed during their fund drives so we don't have to endure the endless perkiness of Mary Ann Zeleznik and companions.

[xufan2020]

(Being in high school amongst hardcore OSU, (a few) UK, UC, and XU fans)

Talking about national championships from the 1960s.
This notion that Mick Cronin is a better coach than Chris Mack.
The Sean Kilpatrick fetish that still lingers.

[D-West & PO-Z]

(Being in high school amongst hardcore OSU, (a few) UK, UC, and XU fans)

Talking about national championships from the 1960s.
This notion that Mick Cronin is a better coach than Chris Mack.
The Sean Kilpatrick fetish that still lingers.

You got more bragging rights against UC than when a lot of us were in high school though.

I was in high school from 2000-2004 and we werent yet the no brainier better program than UC, UC was only a year removed from being the #1 team in the country when I started high school.

Although XU did win 3 out of 4 when I was in high school. And the Elite 8 was my senior year.

[GoMuskies]

Xavier fans who rip the A-10.

[Cincypunk.org]

Facebook.

They seem to think I am a fan of Depaul, thus my feed is clogged with ads for Depaul basketball and their MARCH towards the tournament. WHAT? I am also getting a lot of Fox Sports ads of facebook promoting... Depaul and again, their drive to the tourney!

What is up with that!?

[BBC 08]

You could just download Chrome and then get adblocker plus and not have to worry about any ads.

[waggy]

Fuck Google and their web surf tracking bullshit.

[blobfan]

Having to watch a 30 second commercial every time I go to a video link.
Especially if the video is 12 seconds long.

Auto-play videos. I don't think any site should be allowed to control your computer and that includes automatically launching audio or video. It seems like a recipe for virus transmission.

[blobfan]

Having to endure seemingly monthly fund drives by WVXU, my station of choice on my commute. During the one they just completed Friday, I contemplated dropping my sustaining membership until they figure out a way to either fund drive less (the typical fund drive schedule is four times a year; WVXU runs at least twice as many) or allow existing members to get the regular NPR feed during their fund drives so we don't have to endure the endless perkiness of Mary Ann Zeleznik and companions.

I think this is in part my fault (and the part of people like me). I was pretty disappointed with the format change after the sale and don't know why I should bother paying a local channel to rebroadcast shows produced by other stations. Especially now that I get the podcasts from the source. So I give money to the originating stations. Last time I listened, which was years ago, they had one sad weekly local show and that was it for original programming It didn't help that they couldn't handle a simple request: don't put me on your mailing list. If I'm donating online why the heck do I want you to send me snail mail?

[LadyMuskie]

"Friends" who call during a basketball game causing me to miss most of the first half. Although, I don't think we played very well during that half, so . . . maybe she was doing me a favor.

[LadyMuskie]

1. Losing
2. Losing at home.
3. Losing at home to a team like Creighton.

[Strange Brew]

A shitty home crowd. Nice showing tonight...useless.

[outsideobserver11]

People that don't understand taxes. My family owns a tax business and it is unbelievable how many people have the thought process of "I made more money this year, so I should get a bigger return." Then yell at us and say we did something wrong when they don't.

[D-West & PO-Z]

When ESPN runs Hernandez updates at the bottom of the screen, how is this a sports story?

You must be hating ESPN today.

[Masterofreality]

People that don't understand taxes. My family owns a tax business and it is unbelievable how many people have the thought process of "I made more money this year, so I should get a bigger return." Then yell at us and say we did something wrong when they don't.

People that vote for a local income tax increase when it's on the ballot, then bitch to high Heaven when their tax bill went up.

Idiots. Why did you vote for it, when you were merely sold a bill of goods by greedy politicians?

[Masterofreality]

You must be hating ESPN today.

That would be just about every day in this quarter.

[muskienick]

People that vote for a local income tax increase when it's on the ballot, then bitch to high Heaven when their tax bill went up.

Idiots. Why did you vote for it, when you were merely sold a bill of goods by greedy politicians?

It's not just "greedy politicians" who have tax levy issues on the ballot. School districts and municipalities pass a Levy and people think the money generated by it goes up parallel to the rate of inflation. What happens when, after 10 years, inflation has eaten the Levy income completely away since the amount of money a levy produces in year 1 can never increase despite increases in inflation. There comes a breaking point even when the schools or Cities freeze wages, cut services, reduce their number of employees, etc. until they can cut no more.

Then what?

[LadyMuskie]

I don't mind paying taxes - especially for education. However, when you keep asking for more of my money and your results NEVER get better or get worse, I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request for more money. Additionally, when school board members are raking in the dough, but the school district gets one of the worst grades in the state, and the teachers are fed up - I am, again, disinclined to vote for your request for more money.

[outsideobserver11]

It's not just "greedy politicians" who have tax levy issues on the ballot. School districts and municipalities pass a Levy and people think the money generated by it goes up parallel to the rate of inflation. What happens when, after 10 years, inflation has eaten the Levy income completely away since the amount of money a levy produces in year 1 can never increase despite increases in inflation. There comes a breaking point even when the schools or Cities freeze wages, cut services, reduce their number of employees, etc. until they can cut no more.

Then what?

We take it to the streets and riot!! :bigstick:

[Kahns Krazy]

I don't mind paying taxes - especially for education. However, when you keep asking for more of my money and your results NEVER get better or get worse, I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request for more money. Additionally, when school board members are raking in the dough, but the school district gets one of the worst grades in the state, and the teachers are fed up - I am, again, disinclined to vote for your request for more money.

Are school board members highly paid? I really don't know.

[chico]

My wife and I decided to take our youngest to dinner Friday evening - all the other kids had plans/activities. We went causal - Cuccinova in Kenwood - so you know you're not going to get a peaceful, quaint meal. Still, you don't expect to see kids running around the restaurant the entire time we're there. And not just running, bouncing and throwing balls, 3-year olds standing on stools, 2-year olds jumping on the booth seats, and other kids pounding on the wood railing behind where other people are sitting. I've never seen anything like it. All the while, the 3 "parents" of these little treasures just sat and chatted, completely oblivious to the havoc their sweet, innocent kiddies were wreaking. Trust me, I'm not exaggerating.

Now don't get me wrong - I'm all for kids having fun, running around playing tag, throwing balls and jumping on things. Just not in a freaking restaurant. Go to a park, try using your back yard, anything but a busy restaurant on a Friday evening.

[xeus]

Are school board members highly paid? I really don't know.

Not sure how accurate this is, but $125 per meeting? Sounds a little light...

http://www.smartvoter.org/2013/11/05/oh/hm/race/scib/

[muskienick]

Not sure how accurate this is, but $125 per meeting? Sounds a little light...

http://www.smartvoter.org/2013/11/05/oh/hm/race/scib/

And it's less that that in many smaller school districts.

[MADXSTER]

When Hwy workers put the orange barrels too far into the traffic lane. Most are fine but some are way too far into the lane and someday there is going to be a major accident. Coming back from Tenn there were several that were probably hit by trucks and rolled back into the road. Some barrels were two feet into the lane and then add the width of the barrel.

This has nothing to do with people speeding through construction zones.

[LA Muskie]

Not that you need my affirmation, but I agree. If they want to close down 2 lanes, just close down 2 lanes. Closing 1 and 1/4 just creates havoc that ultimately will lead to an accident.

[GoMuskies]

Super serious message board poster

[outsideobserver11]

Super serious message board poster

He's got all the solutions to the worlds problems though!

[PM Thor]

I cut highway construction workers a break on the barrel thing. Can you imagine going to work and having cars and 18 wheelers buzz by at 50 while being 5 feet away? I can attest, it is some terrifying stuff.

[LA Muskie]

I cut highway construction workers a break on the barrel thing. Can you imagine going to work and having cars and 18 wheelers buzz by at 50 while being 5 feet away? I can attest, it is some terrifying stuff.

Good point. Damn. Now I feel like a jackass.

[blobfan]

Good point. Damn. Now I feel like a jackass.

I wouldn't. I've seen plenty of them just lobbing cones into the roadway without any real concern for where they land. They usually put up the barrels behind a rolling lane closed sign so they have a safety margin.

[xufan2020]

The Xavierhoops.com heading picture of Cintas Center...
We're in the Big East, not the a10

[94GRAD]

The Xavierhoops.com heading picture of Cintas Center...
We're in the Big East, not the a10

People that complain about the site that aren't supporting members.

[blobfan]

People that complain about the site that aren't supporting members.

Same with people that complain about politics but don't vote. If you aren't participating you are probably part of the problem.

[PM Thor]

Same with people that complain about politics but don't vote. If you aren't participating you are probably part of the problem.

Honestly, I hope some of those people don't vote. There are a LOT of stupid Americans.

[Masterofreality]

Any person or company that says or sends out "Happy Memorial Day" greetings.

That is really the most disrespectful and thoughtless thing you can say. Amazing how this Holiday has become just another day of frivolity.

Enjoy the day off yes, but remember and give thanks. Last time I checked, there is not much "Happy" about those and their families who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

[outsideobserver11]

clickbait.

Saw one this morning that said "wife sends husband to the store and you won't believe what happened next!!"

Do people really click on something like that? Why do any of us care what happened to a guy on his way to the store?

[X-band '01]

clickbait.

Saw one this morning that said "wife sends husband to the store and you won't believe what happened next!!"

Do people really click on something like that? Why do any of us care what happened to a guy on his way to the store?

Of course people click on stuff like that. They're called millenials.

Welcome to the age of OMG journalism.

[XUFan09]

Of course people click on stuff like that. They're called millenials.

Welcome to the age of OMG journalism.
Every time I've seen a "you won't believe what happens next" article on my Facebook feed, it's been posted by my mom or one of my aunts lol.

Now, "listicles"? Yeah, definitely a millennial thing.

[Kahns Krazy]

Every time I've seen a "you won't believe what happens next" article on my Facebook feed, it's been posted by my mom or one of my aunts lol.

Now, "listicles"? Yeah, definitely a millennial thing.

I think it's because your mom or aunts are clicking on stuff they don't realize posts it to their feed, and I have the same experience.

[paulxu]

UNC headed for wrist slap after years of cheating.

[PM Thor]

When the wife is gone for 3 days, and you run out of hard liquor. I WILL NOT DRINK WINE.

[94GRAD]

When the wife is gone for 3 days, and you run out of hard liquor. I WILL NOT DRINK WINE.

One it touches the lips, it tastes sooooo good.

[GoMuskies]

When the wife is gone for 3 days, and you run out of hard liquor. I WILL NOT DRINK WINE.

This is why I live within walking/stumbling distance of a liquor store.

[BandAid]

This is why I live within walking/stumbling distance of a liquor store.

I feel that by necessity everyone in Wichita should live within stumbling distance of a liquor store. Hey-o!

[GoMuskies]

They kind of do. I have two within a 20 minute walk (but the one is a 5 minute stumble). Our homilies may suck out here, but we still drink like Catholics!

[outsideobserver11]

When the dental hygienist asks questions while shoving her hands in my mouth. She always rambles on asking about my summer like I can respond or something.

[XUFan09]

When the dental hygienist asks questions while shoving her hands in my mouth. She always rambles on asking about my summer like I can respond or something.

Lol this gave me a good chuckle, because it is exactly my experience too.

[Kahns Krazy]

It took a while, but I got the bar stocked up to the point that there is no human way to run out of liquor. I have occasionally committed sins like making mixed drinks out of top shelf liquor (Don Julio Anejo margarita anyone?), but no way am I running out of any liquor. I recently added a set of decanters to the bar, so there is now a reserve handle of the big 4 in the basement too.

Running out of booze is a pet peeve I solved.

[paulxu]

but I got the bar stocked up to the point that there is no human way to run out of liquor.

I plan on being in the city in a few weeks.

Would you like to invite me over to test out this ridiculous theory?

I'll bring Snipe and we'll crash this damn board at about 3:53 AM some night.

[Strange Brew]

Bicyclist who ride on the sidewalk in downtown

[PM Thor]

Bicyclist who ride on the sidewalk in downtown

For the life of me I wish cops would ticket these dolts, but they never do. I mean, I'm all for bicycle rights in terms of road usage (since it's the law and all) but good God, get off the sidewalk already. (Don't get me started on the runners who just decide to use the bike lane as their personal running lane, pushing me out into another lane to pass them....)

[MADXSTER]

For the life of me I wish cops would ticket these dolts, but they never do. I mean, I'm all for bicycle rights in terms of road usage (since it's the law and all) but good God, get off the sidewalk already. (Don't get me started on the runners who just decide to use the bike lane as their personal running lane, pushing me out into another lane to pass them....)

First World problems, meh

[XUFan09]

First World problems, meh

"First World problems" being noted in the Pet Peeves thread, because that was understood without someone needing to say it.

:wink:

[Strange Brew]

First World problems, meh

Actually, being nearly run over by a douche on a bike in an urban environment is more or a second to third world problem.

[NY44]

People coming to work really sick. Especially on Friday.

[Kahns Krazy]

For the life of me I wish cops would ticket these dolts, but they never do. I mean, I'm all for bicycle rights in terms of road usage (since it's the law and all) but good God, get off the sidewalk already. (Don't get me started on the runners who just decide to use the bike lane as their personal running lane, pushing me out into another lane to pass them....)

Well, you've already started this rant elsewhere and I'll just point out again the irony of crying about how some other taxpayer who is paying for the bike lane is using it in a way that you don't approve of. It's rare enough. Just be happy there's a bike lane there in the first place.

On the riders on sidewalks, it is legal for anyone 15 or under to ride on the sidewalk, and depending on where you are (outside city limits), it may not be illegal for anyone to ride on the sidewalk. It's annoying but may not be a ticket offense.

[blobfan]

Bicyclist who ride on the sidewalk in downtown

Ugh. And they do it all the time! Wrong way. Jumping from street to sidewalk without regard to cars or pedestrians. Why is it cyclists downtown think the rules don't apply to them if it's inconvenient? This morning I watched one run a red light then went straight while in a turn lane at the next block.

[PM Thor]

Well, you've already started this rant elsewhere and I'll just point out again the irony of crying about how some other taxpayer who is paying for the bike lane is using it in a way that you don't approve of. It's rare enough. Just be happy there's a bike lane there in the first place.

On the riders on sidewalks, it is legal for anyone 15 or under to ride on the sidewalk, and depending on where you are (outside city limits), it may not be illegal for anyone to ride on the sidewalk. It's annoying but may not be a ticket offense.

Runners have a sidewalk to use. It's not a "run in the street" lane. They should be on the sidewalk, where they belong. I'm not "crying", I'm noting that they are breaking the law. Obviously you don't know the law about it, so here you go. Runners, pedestrians have to use the sidewalk. It's the law in Ohio.
4511.50 Pedestrian walking in roadway.
(A) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.

Also, in Ohio it is illegal for bicyclists to be forced to use the sidewalk. No local ordinance usurps Ohio law in this regard, any local ordinance has to meet Ohio uniform code. They might be allowed to use the sidewalk in some communities, but there are very, very few that allow it nowadays.

[Kahns Krazy]

Jesus Christ man. One day you will realize the whole world isn't about you. Whiny bitches like you representing "cyclists" are why there aren't more bike lanes in the first place. Saying that runners have a sidewalk to use is just like saying cyclists already have a road to use, or saying cyclists should be on a bike trail "where they belong".
I drive in a neighborhood with a fair amount of bike lanes.I see bikes in them about 1 day out of 10 and a runner in one 1 day out of 100. It's not worth bitching about. Moreover, the lanes are generally 5 feet wide, more than enough for a bike to pass a pedestrian.

I also never said bikes could be forced onto the sidewalk, but I did correctly point out that state law permits them to be on the sidewalk or the street. Local laws may restrict that, such as Cincinnati's law restricting sidewalk bicycle use to individuals 15 years old or younger.

[muskienick]

Jesus Christ man. One day you will realize the whole world isn't about you. Whiny bitches like you representing "cyclists" are why there aren't more bike lanes in the first place. Saying that runners have a sidewalk to use is just like saying cyclists already have a road to use, or saying cyclists should be on a bike trail "where they belong".
I drive in a neighborhood with a fair amount of bike lanes.I see bikes in them about 1 day out of 10 and a runner in one 1 day out of 100. It's not worth bitching about. Moreover, the lanes are generally 5 feet wide, more than enough for a bike to pass a pedestrian.

I also never said bikes could be forced onto the sidewalk, but I did correctly point out that state law permits them to be on the sidewalk or the street. Local laws may restrict that, such as Cincinnati's law restricting sidewalk bicycle use to individuals 15 years old or younger.

I guess PMT must have peed in KK's Cheerios!

[PM Thor]

He's just upset because, if you notice, I know the law on the subject, he does not. He's just a little upset about being proven wrong, yet again.

And Kahns? I see side streets where no car goes down them all day. What's your point about that?

Again, bike lanes are a courtesy, and if you didn't realize it, because obviously you don't, cyclists don't have to use them, there is NO law that comes close to when you say "where they belong". Learn the law before spouting off as if you have a clue on the subject. I ride in them because it's courtesy to do so, and safer. Did I or did I not cite the law on runners using the street? Where's your law that says anything of the sort about cyclists?

This is the pet peeves thread, it's a pet peeve of mine when runners use the bike lane illegally. It happens almost every time I bike around Cincy in the bike lanes. I even brought up the law on it. Your response? Name calling. Typical of you when you are, or course, shown that you were wrong.

[blobfan]

The behavior of people driving in 75 construction is mind-boggling. I'm truly stunned that there aren't more accidents. I can only assume that there are enough attentive drivers that they manage to avoid getting hit/damaged but the large percentage of inattentive ones. This morning's biggest danger was some jerk in an over-sized SUV that decided he wanted in my lane even though the lines were solid white and he would have to drive me into the barrier to accomplish it. This happens often. Add to that the left hand laners who refuse to pass a truck in the construction zones, no matter how slow it's going, then speed up to 70 so you can't get around them. And the texters/cell phone talkers that drive just as erratically. It's no wonder I come into work grumpy most days.

[Kahns Krazy]

He's just upset because, if you notice, I know the law on the subject, he does not. He's just a little upset about being proven wrong, yet again.

And Kahns? I see side streets where no car goes down them all day. What's your point about that?

Again, bike lanes are a courtesy, and if you didn't realize it, because obviously you don't, cyclists don't have to use them, there is NO law that comes close to when you say "where they belong". Learn the law before spouting off as if you have a clue on the subject. I ride in them because it's courtesy to do so, and safer. Did I or did I not cite the law on runners using the street? Where's your law that says anything of the sort about cyclists?

This is the pet peeves thread, it's a pet peeve of mine when runners use the bike lane illegally. It happens almost every time I bike around Cincy in the bike lanes. I even brought up the law on it. Your response? Name calling. Typical of you when you are, or course, shown that you were wrong.

You haven't shown me to be wrong on a point of law at all. I never said bikers were required by law to use the sidewalk. That was your twist on what i said. You said you wished that cops would "ticket these dolts" (I didn't start the name calling) that ride bikes on the sidewalk. I pointed out, correctly, that it is not per se illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk. In fact, state law specifically makes it legal to ride a bike on the sidewalk, but local laws may differ. In the city of Cincinnati, it is legal for anyone under 16 to ride a bike on the sidewalk.

It is also not per se illegal for a runner to be in the bike lane. See that word "practicable" in the code you cited? That means that if the use of the sidewalk would be unsafe for the person using it, they are legally entitled to be in the road, including the bike lane. I would guess that the interpretation of that "practicable" is pretty wide.

My point here, and the same point from the last time we had this brilliant back and forth, is that it's not that difficult to share resources especially when those resources are not often used. You don't need to run around citing law. When you do it comes across as selfish, which is exacerbated when you say things like "bike lanes are a courtesy" and that bikers can ride wherever they want.

You've seen my commentary in other threads that are all pro bike lane and bike path. Please, don't be the self centered kind of cyclist that makes me change my mind. Or at least don't be that way publicly.

[PM Thor]

Man, you sure are an odd duck. I never called you a dolt, I called those that ride their bikes on sidewalks downtown dolts...I was specifically calling adults that ride on sidewalks dolts, because I just assumed that people knew kids could ride their bikes on sidewalks and in Cincy (like most other places in Ohio) adults cannot (CMC 506-5), in Columbus they cannot, Cleveland they cannot, Toledo, dayton, on and on...the state does allow cyclists onto sidewalks, but most communities ban adults from doing it. Fair enough?

Yeah, the runners in Hyde Park, Walnut Hills, Oakley sure have to worry about those horrible sidewalks that are there. I really feel that those sidewalks are just so horrible, so dangerous that those runners have to be out in the street. I mean, they are just so dangerous, they should just tear them out every 3 years and redo them in gold because they are so unusable. What fantasyland do you live in?

Gotta love your use of the per se by the way. Nice spin on not admitting that you were wrong.

I'll say it yet again, this is a PET PEEVES thread. It's meant to be about minor annoyances in life. Like runners being out in a bike lane. Or people who don't signal. Don't get so bent out of shape about it, it's just a pet peeve.

And don't lecture me about how I should come across on a subject. I don't give two flying donkeys about your opinion of me. Your opinion of me has no relevance whatsoever about bicycling laws. If I'm a douche, that doesn't have any relevance as to whether my cycling on the road (or paths) is legal. I think some people are complete idiots, but that doesn't mean they don't have rights too.



I think I just insulted myself.

[MADXSTER]

I guess I'm a Dolt because until you two started yapping at each other, I had no idea that adults were not suppose to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk.

[blobfan]

I guess I'm a Dolt because until you two started yapping at each other, I had no idea that adults were not suppose to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk.

Are you a bicycler? If you ride your bike on the public right of way you are required to know the law. If your biking experience is limited to trails and neighborhoods, not sure why you'd pay attention to the biking laws.

[blobfan]

Today's driving Pet Peeve: why isn't it legal to tap someone's bumper when you catch them texting in traffic? Can't we pass a law that it's ok to give someone a little love tap for that and require they pay any resulting damages?

[Kahns Krazy]

Man, you sure are an odd duck. I never called you a dolt, I called those that ride their bikes on sidewalks downtown dolts..



So just so I'm clear, it's cool for you call other people names, it's just not cool when people do it to you?

Add that to my pet peeves.

[Kahns Krazy]

Today's driving Pet Peeve: why isn't it legal to tap someone's bumper when you catch them texting in traffic? Can't we pass a law that it's ok to give someone a little love tap for that and require they pay any resulting damages?

I love to get close to texters and lay on the horn. Always scares the shit out of them because they obviously have no idea what is going on.

[PM Thor]

So just so I'm clear, it's cool for you call other people names, it's just not cool when people do it to you?

Add that to my pet peeves.

Yep, exactly right. Except I didn't call any other single person a name. Did I insult you by calling people who ride their bikes on the sidewalk downtown dolts? Do you do that, because if you do, then you don't know simple traffic law. And Madxster, do you ride your bike on the sidewalk or were you just ignorant of that law? Those are two separate things. If someone is going to use a vehicle for travel, they need to know the traffic laws.

Pet Peeve, someone who nitpicks another persons simple post about a pet peeve.

Oh and spoiled people. Like when someone gets invited to go to the Mid-Ohio IndyCar race by Graham Rahal, but don't go because they've "been there, done that"....and then Rahal ends up winning the race. Damn those spoiled people.

[MADXSTER]

And Madxster, do you ride your bike on the sidewalk or were you just ignorant of that law? Those are two separate things. If someone is going to use a vehicle for travel, they need to know the traffic laws.

I knew you could ride in the street, use hands signals, etc. I just didn't know it was the law that you HAD to ride in the street. I'm not really a rider anyway. Now when my kids were younger and we went to Winton Woods, I would ride on the sidewalk with them.

[PM Thor]

I didn't mean to insult you, and if I did, I apologize. You aren't a dolt. Riding with kids in a park....that's not the same as riding on the sidewalk downtown.

[MADXSTER]

No, I meant we would ride 4 miles to get to Winton Woods. I would ride on the sidewalk with my kids. If a policeman said I would have to ride in the street while my kids rode on the sidewalk, I would probably just take the ticket.

[XUFan09]

No, I meant we would ride 4 miles to get to Winton Woods. I would ride on the sidewalk with my kids. If a policeman said I would have to ride in the street while my kids rode on the sidewalk, I would probably just take the ticket.
You would be violating the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law. An adult riding a bike on the sidewalk easily becomes a safety issue, but you couldn't have been going that fast if you were with your kids and hence there isn't a safety issue Also, you weren't in the city, where it would be more of a problem due to pedestrian concentration.

[Kahns Krazy]

You would be violating the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law. An adult riding a bike on the sidewalk easily becomes a safety issue, but you couldn't have been going that fast if you were with your kids and hence there isn't a safety issue Also, you weren't in the city, where it would be more of a problem due to pedestrian concentration.

Exactly the problem with enforcing the law with a broad brush. In both the bicycle law and the pedestrian law, there are allowances for safe and "practicable" use. I'd be surprised if any officer ever would even think to tell you to get off the sidewalk when riding with kids, unless you were doing so in a reckless manner around other people.

This same discussion is playing out in the opinion pages of the Enquirer these days. There was this that started it back on 7/22


Start ticketing lawbreaking bicyclists

At the risk of sounding like an old curmudgeon, I’m growing weary of bicyclists in rush hour traffic. It’s not if someone is going to be seriously hurt, it’s when.

Adults dress for the evening Tour de Hyde Park bobbing in and out of heavy traffic while conveniently rolling through stop signs and red lights. Perhaps it’s time to spread the joy of traffic tickets to some of our twowheeled self-propelled friends?

I’m pleased my hometown has spent a significant amount of taxpayer dollars on bike trails and bike lanes on busy streets. Now how about using them?

Tony Martina, Anderson Township

This gem of a response from an entitled prick is from Saturday:


Bicyclist: ‘Convenient ... to blow through stop signs’

I’ve commuted to work on my bike for a couple of years, and it’s been very convenient, in the sense of efficient, to blow through stop signs and red lights (“Start ticketing lawbreaking bicyclists” July 22).

I do it very carefully, as anyone on a bike among cars would. My thing is to get to work as fast as a bike can get me there, while inconveniencing motorists as little as possible. An illegal maneuver like hopping onto the sidewalk might be annoying to a motorist stuck at that light, but making room for cars to get by easily is a good way to reduce bike-car friction.

It doesn’t benefit bicyclists only. If I’m not endangering anyone (anymore than we’re already endangered while in traffic, especially the bikers), I should not get a ticket for using the remarkable bike property, not shared by cars, of being able to ride on the sidewalk without causing chaos. Nor should I get a ticket for running a red light – again, as long as it doesn’t endanger or inconvenience anyone.

Efficiency and safety should outweigh a rigid adherence to law, as long as no one’s being harmed or endangered.
Paul Breidenbach, Glendale

There are predictably a couple of responses today to Mr. Breidenbach's claim that he knows better than the law.

Honestly, there are rule benders all around. Can't we all just get along?

[XUFan09]

You're complaining about enforcing the law with a broad brush in response to a pet peeve, which is kind of ridiculous. And riding a bike on the sidewalk in the downtown area (which is what was specifically talked about) is the reason the law exists. That's unsafe and a pain in the ass when people do that.

You say, "Can't we all just get along?" when you're the one that started blowing a fairly legitimate pet peeve out of proportion in the first place. You and Thor do seem to like your little tiffs, though.

[PM Thor]

The Idaho stop is a law where cyclists are allowed to use stop signs as yield signs, obviously with common sense involved. The opposite side to the argument is strict adherence to the law, and you get this type of response from rather militaristic cyclists in San Francisco (of course), causing massive traffic delays (and hurting cyclists as a whole)

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/sf-cyclists-to-protest-stopping-at-stop-signs-with-stop-in/

[bobbiemcgee]

http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/former-ud-basketball-star-guilty-of-trespassing-in/nmbzc/?ecmp=whiotv_social_twitter_2014_sfp

UD thugs get off easy

[XUFan09]

http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/former-ud-basketball-star-guilty-of-trespassing-in/nmbzc/?ecmp=whiotv_social_twitter_2014_sfp

UD thugs get off easy

Eh, I wouldn't say that. I honestly find that to be a fair sentence. Now, maybe the issue is that the most sentences (particularly for young black men) are grossly unfair, but that's another really big issue.

[Kahns Krazy]

Back to pet peeves. Electrical outlets that are controlled by a wall switch. I don't understand why this is ever a good idea.

[PM Thor]

Dogs off leash.

[xeus]

Dogs off leash.

Ohio law allows for dogs under reasonable control to be off leash. Cincinnati Municipal Code requires a leash.

I have been advocating for a frisbee dog exception to both laws.

[XUFan09]

Ohio law allows for dogs under reasonable control to be off leash. Cincinnati Municipal Code requires a leash.

I have been advocating for a frisbee dog exception to both laws.
Speaking as someone who sometimes lets my own dog off leash, though, I get it. A lot of times, those dogs off leash are a pain.

[XUFan09]

When your boss decides to do a task for you (that your normally do yourself easily) in order to be "helpful," but messes up in the process, leaving you to try to figure out how to fix things.

[PM Thor]

When your boss decides to do a task for you (that your normally do yourself easily) in order to be "helpful," but messes up in the process, leaving you to try to figure out how to fix things.

Addendum. You have to fix things, while at the same time treading lightly and not letting him know he screwed the pooch.

[XUFan09]

Addendum. You have to fix things, while at the same time treading lightly and not letting him know he screwed the pooch.

That's right! That part is actually the worse, because heaven forbid a boss actually acknowledge an objective screwup. "No, that can't be true! It must be this." No, no, it isn't.

[XUFan09]

Now that I'm thinking about a specific boss I use to have:

Bosses and co-workers who receive emails relevant to you, but instead of simply forwarding the email with a note, they print it up and hand the message to you. Um...

[Nigel Tufnel]

Whenever I'm watching a tv show or movie and a couple wakes up in bed in the morning, rolls over and start making out passionately...and talking closely in each other's faces. The very thought of that is some repugnant shit.

[LadyMuskie]

Now that I'm thinking about a specific boss I use to have:

Bosses and co-workers who receive emails relevant to you, but instead of simply forwarding the email with a note, they print it up and hand the message to you. Um...

Who does this?!?!? Seriously, what kind of animal would do that? That would drive me nuts.

[XUFan09]

Who does this?!?!? Seriously, what kind of animal would do that? That would drive me nuts.
When I first was handed a printed copy of an email, I was so dumbfounded at the stupidity of it that I accidentally spoke my mind a little, politely calling it "a little archaic." Even this moderated criticism got my supervisor pushed my supervisor to such an unprofessional level of snappiness. She was an idiot in general, the type of idiot who wasn't aware of her own shortcomings and couldn't handle any feedback that wasn't straight praise.

[Kahns Krazy]

Now that I'm thinking about a specific boss I use to have:

Bosses and co-workers who receive emails relevant to you, but instead of simply forwarding the email with a note, they print it up and hand the message to you. Um...


Who does this?!?!? Seriously, what kind of animal would do that? That would drive me nuts.


When I first was handed a printed copy of an email, I was so dumbfounded at the stupidity of it that I accidentally spoke my mind a little, politely calling it "a little archaic." Even this moderated criticism got my supervisor pushed my supervisor to such an unprofessional level of snappiness. She was an idiot in general, the type of idiot who wasn't aware of her own shortcomings and couldn't handle any feedback that wasn't straight praise.

My experience is that people who do this intentionally are unethical. Not just the act of printing the e-mail. The fact that these are people that prefer to not leave a trail. Unethical people behave differently in almost every way because they are concerned first with covering their own ass and second with getting the job done in the best way.

I'm sure there are people that are just idiots, but I'll bet you find that more of them have ulterior motives.

[XUFan09]

That's good to be aware of in general (I never really though about that before), but this person simply was an idiot.

[D-West & PO-Z]

My experience is that people who do this intentionally are unethical. Not just the act of printing the e-mail. The fact that these are people that prefer to not leave a trail. Unethical people behave differently in almost every way because they are concerned first with covering their own ass and second with getting the job done in the best way.

I'm sure there are people that are just idiots, but I'll bet you find that more of them have ulterior motives.

YeahI have seen the exact same thing. I know of a person in power but not at the top in a work setting that has told people under her to not send any emails to her, some BS about it starting drama or something, its a story from someone I know. I have known other people like this. Only reason is like you said, they dont want a trail. That way they can deny you ever told them, informed them, asked them, made them aware, etc of a situation.

[PM Thor]

Wait, you guys are surprised that there is no email trail for correspondence? Hell, I thought that was a regular thing, where it's just an unwritten rule whenever any "sensitive" item comes up, there is no electronic trail for it, just in case. Guess I'm jaded.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Wait, you guys are surprised that there is no email trail for correspondence? Hell, I thought that was a regular thing, where it's just an unwritten rule whenever any "sensitive" item comes up, there is no electronic trail for it, just in case. Guess I'm jaded.

Its not even sensitive items, the person I was talking about wanted ZERO emails, haha. Why have an email?

[XUFan09]

Wait, you guys are surprised that there is no email trail for correspondence? Hell, I thought that was a regular thing, where it's just an unwritten rule whenever any "sensitive" item comes up, there is no electronic trail for it, just in case. Guess I'm jaded.
I work in education, and it's more often the other way around because of the excessive demand for documentation. You send emails to cover your ass, rather than the other way around, avoiding email in order to maintain plausible deniability.

[paulxu]

Having to watch a 30 second advertisement video in order to see a 14 second video clip of anything.

[LadyMuskie]

Parents who think the result of a grade school sport tryout is what's going to make the difference between little Suzy or little Johnny making the Olympics or playing pro ball. No one's getting a scholarship to Duke based on 5th grade basketball tryouts, people. Take a deep breath and try to let your kid enjoy his childhood despite having you for a parent.

[DoubleD86]

Parents who think the result of a grade school sport tryout is what's going to make the difference between little Suzy or little Johnny making the Olympics or playing pro ball. No one's getting a scholarship to Duke based on 5th grade basketball tryouts, people. Take a deep breath and try to let your kid enjoy his childhood despite having you for a parent.

Not to mention, although middle school may be too early to tell, but if you are even questioning whether your kid is making the team there is a good chance professional/Olympic sports are not in their future.

[GoMuskies]

Wait, you guys are surprised that there is no email trail for correspondence? Hell, I thought that was a regular thing, where it's just an unwritten rule whenever any "sensitive" item comes up, there is no electronic trail for it, just in case. Guess I'm jaded.

There are certainly some communications that are best to have by phone.

[paulxu]

There are certainly some communications that are best to have by phone.

And the NSA thanks you for calling.

[LadyMuskie]

Soccer. I really hate soccer.

[LA Muskie]

Soccer. I really hate soccer.

Ha! I take offense. But I like it nevertheless.

And on that note: bowling.

[X-band '01]

Soccer. I really hate soccer.

DC Muskie must be out there somewhere celebrating the weekend - he would never let this slide.

[LadyMuskie]

Ha! I take offense. But I like it nevertheless.

And on that note: bowling.


DC Muskie must be out there somewhere celebrating the weekend - he would never let this slide.

I know I'm in the minority, but there is no part of the soccer experience I enjoy. Give me baseball, softball, real football, volleyball, basketball, swimming, hockey, or even lacrosse any day. I'll pass on soccer.

Bowling does suck too, but at least it's indoors out of the blistering sun and earth melting heat. And, at least now in Ohio bowling alleys aren't in a perpetual haze of cigarette smoke like they were when we were kids.

[LA Muskie]

The only redeeming quality of bowling is the vices that accompany it; namely, drinking and greasy food (I agree about the smoke--glad that's gone!). But even then, the "sport" itself is an unnecessary distraction.

[paulxu]

Soccer. I really hate soccer.

Sounds like little lady muskie is playing soccer.

Bring orange slices.

[Kahns Krazy]

Pet peeve: The search function on this site refuses to search on short phrases regardless of how common they are. I get that you don't want to search on "the" but I can't search "NFL". Peeved.

[X-band '01]

Pet peeve: The search function on this site refuses to search on short phrases regardless of how common they are. I get that you don't want to search on "the" but I can't search "NFL". Peeved.

Just try -gate or Andy Dalton. Problem solved.

[94GRAD]

3 semi-trucks wide going up the I-75 cut in the hill.

[94GRAD]

To those who say you should always ride in the bike lane!!!

http://www.trueactivist.com/watch-how-this-bicyclist-respond-when-they-gave-him-a-ticket/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=antimedia

[blobfan]

That was funny just to see the looks on peoples faces as this random guy crashes into easily avoidable objects.

[Strange Brew]

To those who say you should always ride in the bike lane!!!

http://www.trueactivist.com/watch-how-this-bicyclist-respond-when-they-gave-him-a-ticket/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=antimedia

It's not the bike lane's fault he's an absolute jerk.

[94GRAD]

Not being able to put a moderator on your ignore list

[chico]

To those who say you should always ride in the bike lane!!!

http://www.trueactivist.com/watch-how-this-bicyclist-respond-when-they-gave-him-a-ticket/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=antimedia

Balance this with the guys who decide to go out for a ride on Kenwood and Montgomery Roads at 5:15 on a Tuesday. Extra credit for passing cars stopped at red lights, meaning all the people who had to drive 10 m.p.h. until they could pass you have to do it all over again.

[Strange Brew]

State Farm insurance. Incompetence defined.

[MADXSTER]

PSA!!!

McDonalds no longer has Value Meals.....They have Meals.....the difference.....

Several times and different locations I have come across where it is cheaper to purchase items individually rather than as a meal. Today was about .50 another time it was over a dollar. Don't waste your money.

Just sayin

[paulxu]

Conferences that are stupid enough to have a number in their name, that is different then the number of members.

[xeus]

On prayer threads, when people say "prayers TO (sick person/family)" rather than "prayers FOR (sick person/family)". You pray FOR someone, not TO them. OK?

And while I am ranting on prayer threads (which I think are wonderful, properly used), what is the whole thing with wkrq "sending" angels to people? Does he claim to command the heavenly hosts? How does that work? Does it cost anything?

[X-band '01]

I'll pray as damn well as I see fit.

And how dare you attack Q and his heavenly cadre of angels - I'm sure he carefully selects them for whatever need he sees fit.

[MADXSTER]

Those who attack prayer threads. And how low must a person be to attack Q, a Saint who walks amongst us heathens. All that Hate could be put to so much better use such as hating on VD.

[xeus]

Pet peeve - people who can't admit when they are wrong.

Q, mea culpa. I only meant to kid, not to offend. I crossed the line. I'm sorry.

I ask you guys to please pray to me.

[waggy]

I ask you guys to please pray to me.

First you ban Jesus, and now this..

[Emp]

Our Xeus, who art on Olympus, hollowed be thine pain. Forgive you your Q trespasses. Amen.

[Masterofreality]

Styrofoam "peanuts" in shipped boxes.

Those things are insidious. They fly out all over the place then they cling. F-em!!!!

[outsideobserver11]

Styrofoam "peanuts" in shipped boxes.

Those things are insidious. They fly out all over the place then they cling. F-em!!!!

Yes those things are the worst! You also will never convince me that they actually protect the item in the box if there is some sort of impact.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Yes those are terrible, you now see the empty bags of air more these days than anything, much more convenient.

[XUFan09]

The empty bags of air are also a fun way to freak out my dog.

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[Masterofreality]

The empty bags of air are also a fun way to freak out my dog.

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Rumor has it....that may be my new job...
I believe I could get plenty of references, especially from this board.

[bobbiemcgee]

The Oscars turned into a political circus. Just give the damn awards out.

[BandAid]

Losing to Seton Hall

[outsideobserver11]

When Xavier is doing so well that I don't get to see the daily bubble watch threads of who is playing that day and what needs to happen.

signed,

A UC fan:unsure:

[Emp]

Posts, threads, polls about or referencing Dayton. There is SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE this season. Dayton did this, didn't do that. It's the fifth ring of hell to have to wade through the obsessions.

[Cheesehead]

Mick Cronin.

Douche Bag alert.....

[chico]

That Univ. of Phoenix commercial with the girl singing If I Only Had a Brain is making me want to blow mine out. There's a commercial ever year that they play a sickening amount of times during the tourney and this one is the early frontrunner.

[X-band '01]

We had this classic 10 years ago, Chico:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4nbVwldXK8

[chico]

We had this classic 10 years ago, Chico:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4nbVwldXK8

That, my friend, is hall of fame bad. I really hope those two guys got paid enough to retire because I imagine work was hard to come by after that.

[Xpectations]

Chi Chi's restaurant's not-so-vaguely-pedophilic slogan: "When you feel a little Mexican"

[X-man]

Chi Chi's restaurant's not-so-vaguely-pedophilic slogan: "When you feel a little Mexican"

Sort of like the old joke about how you know its bedtime at Michael Jackson's Neverland...when the big hand is on the little hand.

[Emp]

I play a lot of golf, and watch a fair amount.....but I'm going to barf if the holy music and sanctimonious Hootie and his BBlowfish buddy Nantz keep up this over baked mythology crap. Venerable gag reflux.

[Cheesehead]

When on a bike trail, the people who leave their bike on the pavement while they talk or do whatever off to the side of the trail, thus blocking part of the trail. Just move the damn bike off to the side already.

I would purposely miss it by about 4 inches and then say you are sorry and smile.

[RetireFiftyTu]

People who call Chris Mullin "Chris Mullins."

[outsideobserver11]

stepping in gum. Although that's not really much of a pet peeve but more p*sses me off!!

[GoMuskies]

People who call Chris Mullin "Chris Mullins."

Same people who call Kroger "Krogers".

[xu82]

Train HORNS. (Especially at night.) If you want to drive past the red flashing lights, ignoring the ding, ding, ding, around the big bars that drop down and run in front of or into the giant locomotive that is roaring down the track and shaking the earth around you - maybe you should. Sometimes the herd just needs to be thinned out a bit.

[outsideobserver11]

Train HORNS. (Especially at night.) If you want to drive past the red flashing lights, ignoring the ding, ding, ding, around the big bars that drop down and run in front of or into the giant locomotive that is roaring down the track and shaking the earth around you - maybe you should. Sometimes the herd just needs to be thinned out a bit.

Yes this!! And anything else that might wake me up, such as the damn geese honking bright and early.

[Cheesehead]

Same people who call Kroger "Krogers".

my in-laws do this and it drives me crazy. They are from Cincy and also say warsh for wash. As in I need to do some warsh (laundry)

What is that?

[X-band '01]

my in-laws do this and it drives me crazy. They are from Cincy and also say warsh for wash. As in I need to do some warsh (laundry)

What is that?

You obviously have forgotten Joe Sunderman mentioning "George Warshington" in the past.

[xu82]

This election.

I get to pick between a freaking fucktard and a douche nozzle. Where is the No Confidence vote?

Celebrate your right to make this choice freely. And good luck! We're all going to need it!!!

[Kahns Krazy]

Same people who call Kroger "Krogers".

This one at least stems from a guy with the last name Kroger, so Krogers can be short for Kroger's store, which is not totally wrong. Now people that say "Wal-Marts" I don't get.

[Cheesehead]

This election.

I get to pick between a freaking fucktard and a douche nozzle. Where is the No Confidence vote?

I am going with Gary Johnson as a protest

[Cheesehead]

You obviously have forgotten Joe Sunderman mentioning "George Warshington" in the past.

Now that you mention it... I can recall Joe doing that.

[MADXSTER]

This election.

I get to pick between a freaking fucktard and a douche nozzle. Where is the No Confidence vote?

I will probably be writing in Chris Mack. Why not?

[xu82]

I will probably be writing in Chris Mack. Why not?

Why Not? He has far more important work to do!

[paulxu]

Bots on a message board.

[X-band '01]

Been looking back at the Pet Peeves thread from the beginning - I think it's time for me to weigh in since I will finally be getting lessons in the near future:


I agree that parents shouldn't let their kid ruin everyone's experience just because they paid for something, but tossing a kid in the water isn't the answer. I have an aunt that was tossed into a lake by an uncle when she was a kid and is still traumatized today. As she continues to tell me every time I see her near water. Pretty soon I'll have trauma by proxy.

Which leads me to my recent pet peeve: people that dwell on the same negative stories for years and years.

That's a lot easier to say when you're not on the receiving end of such an incident. While something happened to me as a young kid that was self-inflicted, it does create a mental block that's harder to overcome as a kid. Which brings me to:


I'm pretty sure if you threw this kid into the deep end, he'd drown or come damn close. He cries non-stop and screams when the teacher tries to take him away from the wall of the pool. When I posted my original post this morning, I think the kid almost hyperventilated and had almost climbed from the water to the top of the lifeguard/teacher's head. This kid is about 6 and I've never seen anything like it before in my life. He starts crying as they enter the gate to the pool. It's incredible.

In addition to his overwhelming fear of swimming, his mother is adding to his problems by saying things like "I wish you were more like your brother John. Do you see how great John is at swimming? John loves the water. Why can't you be like John and love the water too?" :eek:

Every time she opens her mouth I think to myself "You're going to make this kid's therapist a very, very wealthy person, and good luck getting little Matt to come around you when you're old and dying."

You got my name right, but I was definitely not the one enjoying myself in the pool. Many kids learn to swim just from a safety perspective, but many learn simply because they want to have fun, or rather their parents convince them it will be fun. I can definitely say that people will be even less willing to learn when it becomes more of a chore than a fun activity. That's why I'm more emphathetic to little John than the rest of the board is.

I will now step aside and eagerly await the posters who will now rake me over the coals.

[X-band '01]

Is that in NY or back here in Ohio?

[PM Thor]

Here in Ohio.

[Kahns Krazy]

The length-wise cut pickles on a Potbelly sandwich.

[Emp]

"For the ages" as a sports trope. Replacing the deadly "iconic" as most overused. Absolutely.