Piss & Moan Table

[mxz800]

I don't go out to eat if I can avoid it because of my hand tremors. Well yesterday the wife wanted seafood, takeout seafood is the worst so we ate at the restaurant.

First thing is after we sat down a couple sat at the next table, who had a cellphone on speaker. So they decided to yell at the phone.

I threw my food around trying to eat, told the wife I'm done going out to eat.

I'm done ranting for now.

 

[lBasket]

I don't go out to eat if I can avoid it because of my hand tremors. Well yesterday the wife wanted seafood, takeout seafood is the worst so we ate at the restaurant.

First thing is after we sat down a couple sat at the next table, who had a cellphone on speaker. So they decided to yell at the phone.

I threw my food around trying to eat, told the wife I'm done going out to eat.

I'm done ranting for now.

God if talking on speakerphone in public isn't just the trashiest thing.

 

[bucky]

I’d join in on the conversation since it’s evidently public.

 

[Zorba]

Twats with smartphones ruin everything...

Believe it or not, not my quote...

 

[Zorba]

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?

Need to put in a new garage door opener in the rental. Bought a Chamberlain at Homeless Despot. I've installed a couple of them in the past, blah, blah. Unpack the thing, and there's a nice operation manual in the box - and no FUCKING installation guide. None, zip, zero.

Instead, they have a - wait for it - fucking QR code so you get a tiny, unreadable document on your PHOOOOOONNE! Not even a web address. So - I had to fucking drive home (30 minutes each way), find the PDF on their website, and print it out, all 40 pages of it. At least they actually did have a PDF, it wouldn't have surprised me if they didn't. This fucking PHOOOOOONNE bullshit is just going to far. When I have a moment, I'm going to call Chamberlain and express my displeasure and annoyance with this crap. What if I was in BFE trying to install this damn thing? Fucking crock of shit - I'm going to tell them they owe me for my diesel fuel.

 

[Apparition]

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?

Need to put in a new garage door opener in the rental. Bought a Chamberlain at Homeless Despot. I've installed a couple of them in the past, blah, blah. Unpack the thing, and there's a nice operation manual in the box - and no FUCKING installation guide. None, zip, zero.

Instead, they have a - wait for it - fucking QR code so you get a tiny, unreadable document on your PHOOOOOONNE! Not even a web address. So - I had to fucking drive home (30 minutes each way), find the PDF on their website, and print it out, all 40 pages of it. At least they actually did have a PDF, it wouldn't have surprised me if they didn't. This fucking PHOOOOOONNE bullshit is just going to far. When I have a moment, I'm going to call Chamberlain and express my displeasure and annoyance with this crap. What if I was in BFE trying to install this damn thing? Fucking crock of shit - I'm going to tell them they owe me for my diesel fuel.

 

[reddvltj]

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?

Need to put in a new garage door opener in the rental. Bought a Chamberlain at Homeless Despot. I've installed a couple of them in the past, blah, blah. Unpack the thing, and there's a nice operation manual in the box - and no FUCKING installation guide. None, zip, zero.

Instead, they have a - wait for it - fucking QR code so you get a tiny, unreadable document on your PHOOOOOONNE! Not even a web address. So - I had to fucking drive home (30 minutes each way), find the PDF on their website, and print it out, all 40 pages of it. At least they actually did have a PDF, it wouldn't have surprised me if they didn't. This fucking PHOOOOOONNE bullshit is just going to far. When I have a moment, I'm going to call Chamberlain and express my displeasure and annoyance with this crap. What if I was in BFE trying to install this damn thing? Fucking crock of shit - I'm going to tell them they owe me for my diesel fuel.

Devil's advocate here...

"IF" you were far enough out in BFE to be where there is no cellular service, chances are you would be off grid and you would have to be using solar or a generator to power the garage door opener and most likely you would probably have satellite internet of some kind. So... your smart PHOOOOOONNE would still be a useful tool. That's all they are a TOOOOOOLLL!

How people use that tool or don't is entirely up to them. You can't expect society as a whole to stay in the dark ages just because you choose to. I hate the fact that everything dealing with my current employer is done online half of that on different apps, but unfortunately it's the way things are done now. I can cry and complain about it and get absolutely no where, or just buck the hell up and use it. In reality I don't have a choice I have to use it.

 

[Zorba]

Devil's advocate here...

"IF" you were far enough out in BFE to be where there is no cellular service, chances are you would be off grid and you would have to be using solar or a generator to power the garage door opener and most likely you would probably have satellite internet of some kind. So... your smart PHOOOOOONNE would still be a useful tool. That's all they are a TOOOOOOLLL!

How people use that tool or don't is entirely up to them. You can't expect society as a whole to stay in the dark ages just because you choose to. I hate the fact that everything dealing with my current employer is done online half of that on different apps, but unfortunately it's the way things are done now. I can cry and complain about it and get absolutely no where, or just buck the hell up and use it. In reality I don't have a choice I have to use it.

The problem with the PHOOOOOONNE is - once again - its an INFERIOR "tool" for just about everything it does. At the very fucking least, they could include a web address so anyone could look it up. As I say in my (in)famous PHOOOOOONNE rant:

This QR without web address nonsense is getting worse rapidly. I've also gotten flyers from both AT&T as well as The UPS store with a QR code and no web address. Those of us who refuse to pay the monetary, personal, and societal costs of these damn things are rapidly becoming second class citizens. Nobody cares, its all about the PHOOOOOONNE!! Maybe some of the fundamentalist Christians are right: "Its the mark of the beast."

In short, I'm not participating in this utter bullshit nonsense. Besides just being a piss poor "tool", the cursed things are ruining society. Fuck smartphones, I hope Jobs rots in Hell for inventing the damn thing. Wait - he already is!

 

[reddvltj]

The problem with the PHOOOOOONNE is - once again - its an INFERIOR "tool" for just about everything it does. At the very fucking least, they could include a web address so anyone could look it up. As I say in my (in)famous PHOOOOOONNE rant:

This QR without web address nonsense is getting worse rapidly. I've also gotten flyers from both AT&T as well as The UPS store with a QR code and no web address. Those of us who refuse to pay the monetary, personal, and societal costs of these damn things are rapidly becoming second class citizens. Nobody cares, its all about the PHOOOOOONNE!! Maybe some of the fundamentalist Christians are right: "Its the mark of the beast."

In short, I'm not participating in this utter bullshit nonsense. Besides just being a piss poor "tool", the cursed things are ruining society. Fuck smartphones, I hope Jobs rots in Hell for inventing the damn thing. Wait - he already is!

"This QR without web address nonsense is getting worse rapidly."
On this, I hate to say it but yeah, I agree. No sense bitching about it though "they" aren't going to change anything because a few people "refuse" to adapt. The advantage to having someone scan a QR is there is zero chance of the end user typing in an incorrect web address that could potentially lead that end user to a competitor or scam website.

"Those of us who refuse .... are rapidly becoming second class citizens."
Conscious choice=self inflicted consequence.

"Nobody cares"
Nope, we don't!

"its all about the PHOOOOOONNE!!" CONVENIENCE!!!
FIFY

"Maybe some of the fundamentalist Christians are right: "Its the mark of the beast.""

 

[Zorba]

"its all about the PHOOOOOONNE!!" CONVENIENCE!!!

There's nothing whatsoever "convenient" about a smartphone. A horrid computer and a mediocre phone - I never saw the point of the thing as its functions can all be done with other things that are better, and virtually always cheaper. I don't want to be saddled with the INconvenience of the thing - PHOOOOOONNE people go on and on and on and on about "convenience" - the false God of our day that they'd sacrifice their firstborn to - yet I see nothing but a sub optimal device that is a royal pain in the ass. Never mind the atrocious cost.

Then there's this:

Just because "everyone else" is doing something stupid, doesn't mean I have to. In fact, if "everyone else" is doing something, I've found that the exact opposite is far better and makes more sense much of the time.

 

[Zorba]

"Those of us who refuse .... are rapidly becoming second class citizens."
Conscious choice=self inflicted consequence.

I didn't get the clot shot either. Just because "everyone else" is doing it doesn't mean I have to subject myself to it. For many years, I didn't give a rat's ass one way or the other, but the increasing sheer EVIL these devices engender has come to my attention over the last 3 or 4 years. It used to be "No thank you". Now its "Oh, HELL NO!"

The "One Ring" was just a ring, the smartphone is just a "tool". Uh, think again. But that's OK, the smartphone sheeple will discover their error eventually - in fact, many already are - I just hope it isn't too little too late.

 

[bucky]

I had the complete opposite experience with my 2.63” Dexter axel lift kit for my teardrop I received last week. The instructions are the best I’ve seen in years. Pictures and all the details you need. Even torque specs. It’s about 10# and the packaging was stout. The online seller sent it in a heavy duty double wall cardboard box with staples and old school 3” reinforced tape. The monkeys at FedEx never stood a chance.

 

[reddvltj]

I didn't get the clot shot either. Just because "everyone else" is doing it doesn't mean I have to subject myself to it. For many years, I didn't give a rat's ass one way or the other, but the increasing sheer EVIL these devices engender has come to my attention over the last 3 or 4 years. It used to be "No thank you". Now its "Oh, HELL NO!"

The "One Ring" was just a ring, the smartphone is just a "tool". Uh, think again. But that's OK, the smartphone sheeple will discover their error eventually - in fact, many already are - I just hope it isn't too little too late.

I didn't get the shot either and I didn't get a smart phone because "EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING IT".

Why did I get a smart phone? Because it DOES ABSOLUTELY MAKE MY LIFE EASIER! That's not opinion either it's a fucking FACT!

Can I live without my smart phone? ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY I can!!! I live in part of the country that has VERY LIMITED cellular coverage. I work where there is NO cellular coverage. I play where there is no cellular coverage. I hunt and fish where there is no cellular coverage!!! I enjoy life where I live because I am not a slave to my "TOOLS" or to "CONVENIENCES", I enjoy and make use of tools available to me and conveniences I have, because I put in the work to afford them. Best of all, in all of these places where there is no cellular coverage I can take 1 small device that takes up absolutely no cargo room in my Jeep or side by side, that takes great pictures, great videos, and can use the built in GPS to map where I'm at. Oh and in emergency situations I can Bluetooth connect it to a satellite messaging device (enter the iPhone users bragging about their emergency satellite connection capabilities # @Apparition ) that easily fits in my pocket or glovebox.

 

[Rich1961]

Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?

Need to put in a new garage door opener in the rental. Bought a Chamberlain at Homeless Despot. I've installed a couple of them in the past, blah, blah. Unpack the thing, and there's a nice operation manual in the box - and no FUCKING installation guide. None, zip, zero.

Instead, they have a - wait for it - fucking QR code so you get a tiny, unreadable document on your PHOOOOOONNE! Not even a web address. So - I had to fucking drive home (30 minutes each way), find the PDF on their website, and print it out, all 40 pages of it. At least they actually did have a PDF, it wouldn't have surprised me if they didn't. This fucking PHOOOOOONNE bullshit is just going to far. When I have a moment, I'm going to call Chamberlain and express my displeasure and annoyance with this crap. What if I was in BFE trying to install this damn thing? Fucking crock of shit - I'm going to tell them they owe me for my diesel fuel.

I absolutely hate looking at directions on any electronic device. I much prefer the paper version that I can open to the page and can read it without expanding the screen and then have to move the screen up/down/sideways.

 

[Zorba]

I didn't get the shot either and I didn't get a smart phone because "EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING IT".

Why did I get a smart phone? Because it DOES ABSOLUTELY MAKE MY LIFE EASIER! That's not opinion either it's a fucking FACT!

A "Gerber" or a "Leatherman" just doesn't replace that toolbox full of tools. A PHOOOOOONNE doesn't replace real equipment/devices that do their functions far better.

As for the top sentence, you seem to think that its my fault for calling attention to the FACT that non-PHOOOOOONNE users are 2nd class citizens - since you tell me that "EVERYONE ELSE HAS ONE".

Not buying.

Next?

 

[Zorba]

I absolutely hate looking at directions on any electronic device. I much prefer the paper version that I can open to the page and can read it without expanding the screen and then have to move the screen up/down/sideways.

Yea. You'd think the smartphone apologists would understand this, but they're just like fundamentalists everywhere.

 

[reddvltj]

A "Gerber" or a "Leatherman" just doesn't replace that toolbox full of tools. A PHOOOOOONNE doesn't replace real equipment/devices that do their functions far better.

Now you're REALLY reaching, swinging, and missing wildly!

As for the top sentence, you seem to think that its my fault for calling attention to the FACT that non-PHOOOOOONNE users are 2nd class citizens - since you tell me that "EVERYONE ELSE HAS ONE".

WHAT????
What ever... that's not what I said, and you know it.

I didn't get the clot shot either. Just because "everyone else" is doing it doesn't mean I have to subject myself to it. ..........

So does this mean that anyone who got the JAB only did it because everyone else was doing it?

Not buying.

Nobody cares if you're buying it or not!

 

[lBasket]

I wish they made stronger leathermans. Or maybe an automotive one, idk exactly what that would look like. I love mine but it is having a hard time surviving what I want it to do

 

[reddvltj]

I wish they made stronger leathermans. Or maybe an automotive one, idk exactly what that would look like. I love mine but it is having a hard time surviving what I want it to do

I have 2 different Gerber multi-tools now, I broke one of the jaws on my first Gerber and they sent me a replacement free. The second one I got seems to be made of a better alloy than the first.

It would be "interesting" to see a multi-tool designed for Jeep owners...

 

[lBasket]

I have 2 different Gerber multi-tools now, I broke one of the jaws on my first Gerber and they sent me a replacement free. The second one I got seems to be made of a better alloy than the first.

It would be "interesting" to see a multi-tool designed for Jeep owners...

I broke the 2 screwdriver parts and the tiny pry bar within a month and can't be bothered trying to get it fixed, I'm sure it'll just happen again. The pliers are great, and the knife/saw are very sharp and stay sharp, and I love the diamond nail file. So I'm still happy but... Could be beefier.

What do you think would be in a jeepers Leatherman?

Valve stem tool?
Pid took for fixing synthetic lines?
What else lol