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10-24-2015, 05:32 PM
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#1021
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 12,880
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pb4uski
Yahoo videos with a long (30 second) commercial that doesn't provide a "skip ad" button. I just skip the video.
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YouTube has had ads you can skip after five seconds. I think they are just conditioning us for the longer delays around the corner.
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10-24-2015, 06:01 PM
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#1022
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dash man
We have a second home in Florida in a development that doesn't allow parking in the street, so people park in their driveways because their garages are full of crap. Those that have more than two cars are always blocking the sidewalks, against association rules. Many of them are deputy sheriffs....what can you do?
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I presume this is a strata. Look at the bylaws. If the bylaws specifically forbid street parking, the Board (or HOA) can issue (a) a friendly notice followed by (b) a notice of bylaw complaint, and if the problem is not resolved within the designated time frame, (c) a fine. Whether the Board or HOA cares to pursue this is another matter. But there is little point in having bylaws if no attempt is made to enforce them.
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10-24-2015, 08:10 PM
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#1023
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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My pet peeve is that I got The Christmas Toys r us toy book in the mail yesterday . Seriously it is not even Nov.1.
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10-24-2015, 08:19 PM
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#1024
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 17,237
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
We have two Sonicare toothbrushes. One has no model number or name at all, even looking on the bottom with magnifying glass.
The other has a model number on the bottom that can only be read with a magnifying glass.
The brush heads are subtly (and unnecessarily) different. One brush head type will fit both, the other will fit only one.
I gave a curmudgeonly call to support.
"What type do I buy?"
"Are they push on heads?"
"Yes."
"You can buy any push-on type."
"But one type only fits one of the bases."
"Oh, what model is that?"
"Beats me. It doesn't say anywhere at all."
"Could I make a suggestion? Could you print the name or number of the model on each base and brush head?"
Not making this up:
"You can make that suggestion, but it won't get to the people who manufacture the toothbrushes."
"You can't pass that on?"
"No. I don't have any way to contact them."
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Maybe you have a fake.... all the ones that I have or had does have a model number on the bottom and a serial number (at least I think it is)....
My pet peeve with these is that they do not seem to last... I have had three handles go bad... they are not cheap...
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10-25-2015, 03:56 PM
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#1025
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 731
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Stingy rebate requirements.
We got a rain barrel to help save water.
I 'jumped' ahead and got it all hooked up and ready to go for the next rain.
But - in order to qualify for the rebate, a before picture is required of the gutter and barrel and two after pics.
I had already modified the downspout gutter to install the barrel.
So, we won't qualify for the partial rebate.
Grrrr....
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10-25-2015, 04:05 PM
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#1026
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BBQ-Nut
Stingy rebate requirements.
We got a rain barrel to help save water.
I 'jumped' ahead and got it all hooked up and ready to go for the next rain.
But - in order to qualify for the rebate, a before picture is required of the gutter and barrel and two after pics.
I had already modified the downspout gutter to install the barrel.
So, we won't qualify for the partial rebate.
Grrrr....
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That's what Photoshop is for.
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10-27-2015, 09:00 AM
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#1027
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 12,880
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas Proud
My pet peeve with these is that they do not seem to last... I have had three handles go bad... they are not cheap...
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I just ordered these third-party ones for $1.39 each. I'll let you know if they are any good:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OBSMGZY
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10-27-2015, 09:14 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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My pet peeve for today is the overuse of the word "miracle". It comes up a lot in stories about health care. Here's an example:
Couple prepares for ‘miracle’ triplets - Salmon Arm Observer
It's not a miracle, just one chance in 50 million. I wish people understood probability.
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10-27-2015, 10:00 AM
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#1029
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Twin Cities
Posts: 523
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My dog eats poop.
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10-27-2015, 10:36 AM
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#1030
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 17,237
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
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I thought you were talking about the handles and not the heads....
I have ordered the heads like you have.... much cheaper and they seem to fit just fine...
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10-27-2015, 10:52 AM
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#1031
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 214
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishingmn
My dog eats poop.
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Mine does too. Dead birds also. Her breath is awful.
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10-27-2015, 01:49 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sue J
So he disconnects again and we look at the old tank and the new tank and there is a black rubber gasket missing from the new tank.
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Couldn't you take the gasket from the old tank and put it on the new one?
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10-27-2015, 05:16 PM
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#1033
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,361
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishingmn
My dog eats poop.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hausfrau
Mine does too. Dead birds also. Her breath is awful.
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Dogs being dogs.
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10-28-2015, 03:25 PM
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#1034
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Posts: 5,350
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My pet peeve is people who drive with both feet. A guy passed me on the highway yesterday going at least 80 mph(in a 70 zone) and had his brakes on for at least several minutes before he was out of sight. He must go thru a lot of brake pads while risking the lives of everyone else on the road.
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10-28-2015, 03:55 PM
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#1035
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,347
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10-29-2015, 01:55 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,340
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
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Of course it does. If I buy two lottery tickets rather than one, my odds of winning went up by 100%. So the more I buy the better my chances of winning. It's sort of like this:
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10-29-2015, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Walt34
Of course it does. If I buy two lottery tickets rather than one, my odds of winning went up by 100%. So the more I buy the better my chances of winning.
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Wow! Thanks for setting me straight on that.
So if I buy ten tickets, my odds of winning must go up by 1,000%. This is looking better all the time.
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10-29-2015, 06:57 PM
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#1038
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Posts: 35,712
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sue J
... we look at the old tank and the new tank and there is a black rubber gasket missing from the new tank...
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With the standard 5-gallon BBQ propane tank that I use, the rubber ring is on the removeable hose/regulator assembly and not the tank. Yours is obviously of a different design.
Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
Wow! Thanks for setting me straight on that.
So if I buy ten tickets, my odds of winning must go up by 1,000%. This is looking better all the time.
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Yes. The chance of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million.
If you buy 10 tickets, it is now 10 in 292 million, still a very small number but it is 10x higher. Similarly, a beggar who has a dime is 10x richer than a beggar with a penny.
Realizing that the minuscule chance of a jackpot is discouraging, the lottery officials entice people to buy more by increasing the odds of winning little prizes. The chance of winning $4 is 1 in 38. So, people win that once in a while, and that gives them encouragement to keep on buying although spending $38 to get $4 on the average does not sound too appealing to me.
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10-30-2015, 06:48 PM
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#1039
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,677
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My peeve today is customer service reps that cannot use critical thinking or common sense to solve a problem. Or maybe it's the company policy that ties the hands of customer service reps.
Our oldest DD will age out of our health insurance in November. She will switch to the policy offered by her university (she is a contracted PhD student). BC/BS sent us a letter that said "your dependent, Jane Doe, will lose coverage on her 26th birthday". DD submitted a copy of that letter with her application to the university coverage. Today she received an email stating that "we need a letter indicating the date on which you will lose coverage. The letter you submitted does not indicate the date and is unacceptable".
Grrr....is it such a leap to go from "Jane loses coverage on her 26th birthday" to "Jane has applied for our coverage and indicated / proved that her birthday is a certain date " to "Jane loses coverage on that certain date" ??
So now I have a request in to BC/BS for a letter specifying the date that DD will lose coverage. Making work for me and someone at BC/BS.
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10-30-2015, 07:03 PM
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#1040
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Philliefan33
My peeve today is customer service reps that cannot use critical thinking or common sense to solve a problem. Or maybe it's the company policy that ties the hands of customer service reps.
Our oldest DD will age out of our health insurance in November. She will switch to the policy offered by her university (she is a contracted PhD student). BC/BS sent us a letter that said "your dependent, Jane Doe, will lose coverage on her 26th birthday". DD submitted a copy of that letter with her application to the university coverage. Today she received an email stating that "we need a letter indicating the date on which you will lose coverage. The letter you submitted does not indicate the date and is unacceptable".
Grrr....is it such a leap to go from "Jane loses coverage on her 26th birthday" to "Jane has applied for our coverage and indicated / proved that her birthday is a certain date " to "Jane loses coverage on that certain date" ??
So now I have a request in to BC/BS for a letter specifying the date that DD will lose coverage. Making work for me and someone at BC/BS.
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Maybe not, most letters used by insurance companies are canned, pre-written and approved by the folks in charge of that business area. Typically the processor who reviews just says this is incomplete for X reason, the variables are passed into the letter, and a human never even sees anything. Many times the thing sould be worded differently but the folks that approved the letters don't understand all the nuisances of the business.
I spent a number of years consulting in insurance back offices.
Of course it's still a great peeve!
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