Stupid stuff that man made

Working on installing a dishwasher. I needed to measure the opening to insure it would fit under the counter. I got a tape measure out of the tool kit I bought my wife for Christmas. I thought my eyesight was a lot worse than it really was. It took me a minute to figure out the problem. Changing eyeglasses didn't help at all. Sooooo it turns out that I bought her a 32nds tape measure. I don't feel like a total idiot since three other people didn't figure it out either. What wood working professional requires that degree of precision?
 
Really?, This is your gripe?
Pulp is Fiber, it helps your digestion, helps flush your colon. Makes OJ a fruit juice rather than sugar water.

Any furniture builder needs an accurate measuring device. Fine furniture is fitted to the smallest degree possible. You wouldn't be able to dovetail drawers without some precise measuring.
 
I'll tell ya what is stupid. Whoever came up with the idea of putting sharp itchy clothes tags on the inside of clothing, especially boxer shorts and t-shirts, needs to be strapped to the outside of an ICBM and launched into outer space. As far as OJ is concerned, I only drink one kind: Fresh squeezed. Anything that is pasteurized or from concentrate can stay on the shelf.
 
Leadchunker said:
Working on installing a dishwasher. I needed to measure the opening to insure it would fit under the counter. I got a tape measure out of the tool kit I bought my wife for Christmas. I thought my eyesight was a lot worse than it really was. It took me a minute to figure out the problem. Changing eyeglasses didn't help at all. Sooooo it turns out that I bought her a 32nds tape measure. I don't feel like a total idiot since three other people didn't figure it out either. What wood working professional requires that degree of precision?
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J R Green said:
Really?, This is your gripe?
Pulp is Fiber, it helps your digestion, helps flush your colon. Makes OJ a fruit juice rather than sugar water.

Any furniture builder needs an accurate measuring device. Fine furniture is fitted to the smallest degree possible. You wouldn't be able to dovetail drawers without some precise measuring.
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Mr Green is absolutely correct.

jim
 
Infamous1 said:
I you dislike pulpy OJ...you should try starting your day with decaf coffee or NA beer.
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Starting my day with beer? Now that’s something to seriously consider. :)
 
Bailey Boat said:
You do that at home @ 0600 and they call you a drunk, do it while sitting on a boat @0600 and they call you a sportsman......
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Or on a commercial airliner and they call you “Captain”. :eek:
 
Bailey Boat said:
With all of the new "tag-less" underwear do you still find yourself turning them right side out?? OR..... Do you just roll with last weeks skid marks showing??
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I get four wearings, swapping them front to back and then inside out. I save a bundle on water, detergent and entertaining friends. :D
 
premise said:
Am I the only one that grew up poor enough or with tight enough parents that we doubled our whole milk by cutting it in half with water? Sure as hell beats putting water in your cereal.
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My mother never could afford cereal but the milk came from the tap.
 
Infamous1 said:
I you dislike pulpy OJ...you should try starting your day with decaf coffee or NA beer.
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...and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day!

Uh, I was gonna add my Gripe du Jour, but nothing came to mind! :eek: :) Turns out I'm havin' a pretty good day!
 
I can’t stand pulp in my OJ. I’ll even admit to straining OJ advertised as “No Pulp”. :D
 
premise said:
Am I the only one that grew up poor enough or with tight enough parents that we doubled our whole milk by cutting it in half with water? Sure as hell beats putting water in your cereal.
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Was watching a podcast last night and the guy told a joke...

Guy walks into a bar, plunks himself down on a stool and asks for a Scotch and Water. The barkeep looks at him, smirks and says...

“Sir, our Scotch IS Scotch and Water.”
 
As far as food gripes though, I really hate fat-free Greek yogurt. I love Greek yogurt, and I use it instead of milk in my cereal. But I absolutely despise the fat free kind. It's got a runny, soupy texture that feels like eating snot.

Apparently all the soccer moms and soyboy dads eat the fat free version, because finding full-fat yogurt has gotten more tough recently.

As far as OJ goes, I want regular pulp. Don't take none out, and don't add any extra in. I like it with just the amount that came from the Oranges.
 
My favorite stupidest invention is those gawdawful stupid little plastic clicky pencils. The graphite they put in there is so fragile that the slightest pressure snaps it off, dropping the thing will shatter the contents, the clip snaps off at nothing and the eraser just makes a smear.
 
Consider me triggered. Oj without heavy pulp is heresy and I build furniture for a living and couldn't get by without a tape that has 32nds on it. Furthermore, the marks for 32nds are just smaller marks between the 16ths. You can look for the normal marks of the 16ths and completely ignore the smaller ones.
 
This isn't an item, but it has got to be one of the dumbest ideas anyone has come up with. The 4 way intersection. You know the ones with stop sign in all four directions. Yeah, I know. The person to your right has the right of way, but most of the time folks just sit there lookin like deer in the headlights. DUMB SOME!...............Oh, by the way, I like the extra pulp in my OJ, and I drink 2% milk. Not that it does any good......I'm still fat as a pig. GITRDUUUUUUUUUUNNN!!
 
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Catfish said:
My favorite stupidest invention is those gawdawful stupid little plastic clicky pencils. The graphite they put in there is so fragile that the slightest pressure snaps it off, dropping the thing will shatter the contents, the clip snaps off at nothing and the eraser just makes a smear.
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You just haven’t used a good one. 25 years ago Pentel made a .2 mm pencil that was cheap and solid, so of course it is long gone. More recently Rotring has made a couple good pencils, one retractable and one fixed, but I think they have also stopped.
 
Donnie D said:
This isn't an item, but it has got to be one of the dumbest ideas anyone has come up with. The 4 way intersection. You know the ones with stop sign in all four directions. Yeah, I know. The person to your right has the right of way, but most of the time folks just sit there lookin like deer in the headlights. DUMB SOME!...............Oh, by the way, I like the extra pulp in my OJ, and I drink 2% milk. Not that it does any good......I'm still fat as a pig. GITRDUUUUUUUUUUNNN!!
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I much prefer 4-way stops to those roundabouts from hell...

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Oneofsix said:
I much prefer 4-way stops to those roundabouts from hell...

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You want to talk about dumbasses, roundabout's seem to be a gathering point for them. They seem get there and breed, I swear to God I've seen them doing it..... It's like a ritual courtship dance.... Round and round we go, nobody goes anywhere except round and round....
 
Bailey Boat said:
You want to talk about dumbasses, roundabout's seem to be a gathering point for them. They seem get there and breed, I swear to God I've seen them doing it..... It's like a ritual courtship dance.... Round and round we go, nobody goes anywhere except round and round....
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There is a really odd 5 point intersection in statesville that the state is making into a roundabout. I promise you I will not go anywhere close to that place for at least a year after it opens. About a mile down the road they put a divergent Diamond in under I-40 and it works good, except people still go the wrong way.
 
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Roundabouts actually smooth traffic patterns & flow. The problem is that most have no idea how to use them. Don't use your turn signal to enter the circle- everybody already knows where yer going, ya ain't got no choice. Signal to exit the traffic circle & traffic exiting the circle has the right of way. I got used to 'em during almost 8 years in Germany & they do make a big difference.

Can't do much about idiot (non)drivers, though.
 
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Crazy Carl said:
Roundabouts actually smooth traffic patterns & flow. The problem is that most have no idea how to use them. Don't use your turn signal to enter the circle- everybody already knows where yer going, ya ain't got no choice. Signal to exit the traffic circle & traffic exiting the circle has the right of way. I got used to 'em during almost 8 years in Germany & they do make a big difference.

Can't do much about idiot (non)drivers, though.
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We've got two little ones at opposite ends of Cary. I could make some kind of nerd joke about high-Q roundabout resonators collecting large numbers of idiots, but...
I see all the idiots who don't know how to use them, but my biggest gripe is when I'm behind folks who come up to an EMPTY roundabout and STOP. What the HELL. I've seen this happen when there wasn't any traffic even at the other roads leading up to it.
 
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RFMan said:
We've got two little ones at opposite ends of Cary. I could make some kind of nerd joke about high-Q roundabout resonators collecting large numbers of idiots, but...
I see all the idiots who don't know how to use them, but my biggest gripe is when I'm behind folks who come up to an EMPTY roundabout and STOP. What the HELL. I've seen this happen when there wasn't any traffic even at the other roads leading up to it.
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Dont think this is only Cary. Pilot mountain has 2 and those idiots are of the special breed. No idea what they are for ,but, they dont know what a stop sign is either.

Since I've moved. There are several here that get the same use. A place to take a nap.
 
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