Pet Peeves

[Vivo]

People that start a sentence with "Aaaaaa...." and pause with another "aaa"...

People that start a sentence with "Well, you know...." and pause with "you know..."

Body odor

Very slow drivers...

Very fast drivers...

[wordslinger]

..I've read all of these ...peeves,     and it looks like about 98% are peeves against people...


...People that start a sentence with "Aaaaaa...."...

..or, "Like I said"...

..or "Basically,..."

..or "It's Like..."


   

[wordslinger]

...wait...

   

that's me....


   

[wordslinger]

Guys in suits (MBAs) that defer airline maintenance who never are prosecuted when planes crash because of deferred maintenance.

..I will say, that this is the most... centered.... peeve I saw, and I suspect there is a good reason for it...




peace

[CROSSBOLT]

You betcha, Word: Aloha Airlines that blew its top, lost a stew and then landed safely, thanks to the Cap'n & First Officer (a girl!) after being told by Boeing they needed to sideline that airplane and four others for corrosion and stress correction. The feds told them their PAPERWORK  was OK so the suits kept all five flying until the top of the cabin blew off.

                           Alaska Airlines lost a DC-9 in the water off Los Angeles because the stabilizer trim jack separated destroying pitch authority. The flight crew fought for control from 20000 ft for 9 minutes before impact with the Pacific Ocean. Turns out the jack maintenence, a real PITA, was deferred by the suits in the company for YEARS.

These are only two examples......

Karl

[Stig / Major Tom]

You betcha, Word: Aloha Airlines that blew its top, lost a stew and then landed safely, thanks to the Cap'n & First Officer (a girl!) after being told by Boeing they needed to sideline that airplane and four others for corrosion and stress correction. The feds told them their PAPERWORK  was OK so the suits kept all five flying until the top of the cabin blew off.

                           Alaska Airlines lost a DC-9 in the water off Los Angeles because the stabilizer trim jack separated destroying pitch authority. The flight crew fought for control from 20000 ft for 9 minutes before impact with the Pacific Ocean. Turns out the jack maintenence, a real PITA, was deferred by the suits in the company for YEARS.

These are only two examples......

Karl

I think I've read all of John Nance's books.
But
I still fly every June to Fla.
I ask all of the family to wear cotton, and shoes.
Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

Here is another one: Rider of a Kymco Venox tried to tell me today that his bike will do 160 mph, yes, MILES per hour, that it had 8 cylinders, runs on the front 4 then the back 4 cut in at higher speed. I found two plug wires and said," It may have 8 valves but with only two plug wires it has but two cylinders." He handed me the keys and said to try it if I did not believe him. My counter was there was no way I was gonna try to do such a thing on public roads. I asked him how he knew he was doing since his speedo went to only 100 mph/160 kph? He said he had a friend on a Harley beside him "clocking" him. This was done with a straight face. I will be dipped in the septic if any 250cc with 28 hp (Kymco specs) will even do 100 mph pushing a windscreen and bags. MAYBE a real race prepped serious real racer like HONDA used to do in Gran Prix racing but not this thing.

Karl

[Stig / Major Tom]

Here is another one: Rider of a Kymco Venox tried to tell me today that his bike will do 160 mph, yes, MILES per hour,

The 140MPH speedometer decal for my LIKE200i is back ordered from Kymco Taiwan - but when I lick that thing and stick it on my Scoot I'm gonna go blow the local Ducati club into the spinach!
s t i g .......

[CROSSBOLT]

Yeah, Stig! You got it! And those awful Ducati brake and clutch reservoirs of white plastic. That 140 MPH sticker will get 'em all! I am actually embarrassed by this guy's story. How pitiful a life to invent such outrageous stories for self-whatever.

Karl

[Stig / Major Tom]

Yeah, Stig! You got it! And those awful Ducati brake and clutch reservoirs of white plastic. That 140 MPH sticker will get 'em all! I am actually embarrassed by this guy's story. How pitiful a life to invent such outrageous stories for self-whatever.

Karl

Actually, those white plastic reservoirs impressed the heck out of me --- kinda In-Your-Face engineering....or, "Oh Crap! We are SO  "I t a l i a n" ---Luigi's team forgot there has to be reservoirs up here!"
I'd love to have one of those red Ducatis - but I'd be afraid to ride it! They are the first things on display at my dealer's front entrance. I feel like I'm looking at a 2 wheeled Ferrari.
I mean, you hardly notice them here....


See how hard they are to check if you don't use clear plastic.


Finally, the Italians figured it out and tucked them out of sight.


Stig

[GLV55]

Actually, those white plastic reservoirs impressed the heck out of me --- kinda In-Your-Face engineering....or, "Oh Crap! We are SO  "I t a l i a n" ---Luigi's team forgot there has to be reservoirs up here!"

Finally, the Italians figured it out and tucked them out of sight.


Stig

I really like that solution! Nice tucking by the Italians!

[Porkie]

It should be illegal to be that pretty:)

Sam:)

[CROSSBOLT]

I might have known you guys would do something like that! Can you do it again?

Karl

[mverps]

After thinking about this subject and this forum, my pet peeve would be OP's that post a problem, receive a ton of ideas and lots of information and then never, repost to say what the cure was.

[08087]

Members, especially new members that ask a question, others are nice enough to clue them in as best they can and the OP/new member never gets back to them/us with how it was worked out.

A missed opportunity for all IMO and pretty rude of the OP.