garage pet peeves
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Originally Posted by docholiday72tx
That reminds me of another pet peeve. I hate when my buddies call me up and ask me to work on their truck. I drop what I'm doing and go right over. Then when I get ready to work on my truck, I'm on my own.
I may need a new set of buddies.
I may need a new set of buddies.
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Sounds like my brother in law
Originally Posted by docholiday72tx
That reminds me of another pet peeve. I hate when my buddies call me up and ask me to work on their truck. I drop what I'm doing and go right over. Then when I get ready to work on my truck, I'm on my own.
I may need a new set of buddies.
I may need a new set of buddies.
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From: Podunk Ut
Cool Thread
I suppose my pet peeve (along with all of the above mentioned thangs), is when somebody asks you how to do something, or what is wrong with this
THEN!!!
Argue with you about what you told them!!!!!!
I don't think sooooooooo...........
Don't ask me again!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm through helping those folks...........
You gotta admit, you know some of those guys.
Oh, Oh, while I'm at it, the other one that I get a kick out of is:
"Well, everybody says"
followed by a camshaft name or a piston maker or a certain kind of tire
I watched an acquaintance buddy of mine build his car by what "everybody said" THAT guy has 4 times as much money and time in that car than he ever should have.
Ah well, nuff a that stuff fer the day
Ya'll have a good day, week, month, decade.
uba40
I suppose my pet peeve (along with all of the above mentioned thangs), is when somebody asks you how to do something, or what is wrong with this
THEN!!!
Argue with you about what you told them!!!!!!
I don't think sooooooooo...........
Don't ask me again!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm through helping those folks...........
You gotta admit, you know some of those guys.
Oh, Oh, while I'm at it, the other one that I get a kick out of is:
"Well, everybody says"
followed by a camshaft name or a piston maker or a certain kind of tire
I watched an acquaintance buddy of mine build his car by what "everybody said" THAT guy has 4 times as much money and time in that car than he ever should have.
Ah well, nuff a that stuff fer the day
Ya'll have a good day, week, month, decade.
uba40
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I have two pet peeves:
1. I'm the most absent-minded person ever. I cannot keep track of my tools or anything else.
2. Know-it-alls. Some kid the other day tried to tell me that they don't make 2.5" PVC pipe, and of course he's right, because his dad's a contractor...NOT! Good grief, people have used it for the last 20 years to launch tennis *****!
1. I'm the most absent-minded person ever. I cannot keep track of my tools or anything else.
2. Know-it-alls. Some kid the other day tried to tell me that they don't make 2.5" PVC pipe, and of course he's right, because his dad's a contractor...NOT! Good grief, people have used it for the last 20 years to launch tennis *****!
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My pet peeve...like a lot of y'all's is when people borrow tools and I have to ask for them back!
83F150Guy - I LOVE the idea of them leaving "collateral" or "a deposit"!!! I think I'm gonna start using that one.
I loaned my mig welder to my father-in-law (nicest guy you'd ever want to meet!)...I had to ask for it back about a month later. Same thing happened with my uncle and the welder...only I didn't get it back from him for about 2 months...AND he hadn't even used it!!! That really made me mad.
You know...these "borrowers" wouldn't dare go to a tool-rental place, rent a tool, take it home, forget about it for weeks, then take it back and pay the overdue charges! Why do they think we'd like to have our tools MIA when we need to use them ourselves???
I like that new Toyota commercial with Darrell Waltrip..."gonna use his new Tundra to get his tools back from his neighbor!" That's a hoot...but it's SO CLOSE to reality, it's scary!
83F150Guy - I LOVE the idea of them leaving "collateral" or "a deposit"!!! I think I'm gonna start using that one.
I loaned my mig welder to my father-in-law (nicest guy you'd ever want to meet!)...I had to ask for it back about a month later. Same thing happened with my uncle and the welder...only I didn't get it back from him for about 2 months...AND he hadn't even used it!!! That really made me mad.
You know...these "borrowers" wouldn't dare go to a tool-rental place, rent a tool, take it home, forget about it for weeks, then take it back and pay the overdue charges! Why do they think we'd like to have our tools MIA when we need to use them ourselves???
I like that new Toyota commercial with Darrell Waltrip..."gonna use his new Tundra to get his tools back from his neighbor!" That's a hoot...but it's SO CLOSE to reality, it's scary!
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From: South Florida
Pet Peeve
Like most people I have the garbage can's in the garage and like most people you open the lid and put the garbage in the can. This is normal daily operations.
Ok so my mother inlaw lives with my wife and I and our two kids. She has yet to master the art of
1. remove lid
2. insert garbage
3. put lid on can
What a quack.
Hey it's my first post. Hello all
Marc...
Ok so my mother inlaw lives with my wife and I and our two kids. She has yet to master the art of
1. remove lid
2. insert garbage
3. put lid on can
What a quack.
Hey it's my first post. Hello all
Marc...
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mine are....
1. while at work when i get into a company truck there is so much crap in the floor and behind the seat in cant move the seat back. and the smell is horrendous
2 not putting tools away
3 not putting tools in the right drawers. i.e the other day at work i found a friggin hammer in the wrench drawer
4 nasty nasty trucks. the otehr day i found food wrappers and old food bags with food still in them. and so many clothes behind the seat, dirty sour towles, rink bottels from last week, the list goes on and on.
1. while at work when i get into a company truck there is so much crap in the floor and behind the seat in cant move the seat back. and the smell is horrendous
2 not putting tools away
3 not putting tools in the right drawers. i.e the other day at work i found a friggin hammer in the wrench drawer
4 nasty nasty trucks. the otehr day i found food wrappers and old food bags with food still in them. and so many clothes behind the seat, dirty sour towles, rink bottels from last week, the list goes on and on.
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At work there are only 3 of us and we share tools frequently. If someone is working on a car 3 feet from my box and their box is 30 feet away it's no big deal for them to use something from my box. I only ask that it gets put back clean and in its proper place. The clean usually happens, but getting it back where they found it often is a problem.
Smoking in the shop. The two of us that are supposed to be in the shop don't smoke. The svc. writer recently decided he shouldn't smoke in the office, so he does it in the shop. Pisses us off and makes the cars smell like smoke.
At home I hate it when my tools go on a trip and can't find their way home. I have one friend (I use the term loosely
) that lives about 1/2 mile away. He'll borrow a tool, use it immediately, then not bring it back. When I need it I call and he asks if I can come and pick it up. Really irritating.
The best advice I ever got from my late grandfather: "Boy, don't ever loan out anything with a motor". I've modified it to "Don't ever loan out anything".
Smoking in the shop. The two of us that are supposed to be in the shop don't smoke. The svc. writer recently decided he shouldn't smoke in the office, so he does it in the shop. Pisses us off and makes the cars smell like smoke.
At home I hate it when my tools go on a trip and can't find their way home. I have one friend (I use the term loosely
) that lives about 1/2 mile away. He'll borrow a tool, use it immediately, then not bring it back. When I need it I call and he asks if I can come and pick it up. Really irritating.The best advice I ever got from my late grandfather: "Boy, don't ever loan out anything with a motor". I've modified it to "Don't ever loan out anything".
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Oops, I forgot the thing I was originally going to post. Have you ever noticed that when you have to buy hardware at the parts store (which I hate, but sometimes have to) they come in stupid quantities? For example, say you need 4 1/4-20 bolts with 2 flats, a lock and a nut for each. The bolts will probably come in a 5 pack. Fine. The nuts and locks will probably be a 3 pack, the flats a 6 pack. So, in order to get 4 complete fastening apparatuses (apparati?) you have to buy 5 bolts, 12 flats, 6 locks and 6 nuts.
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I'm squatting at home for the time being, and when I'm in the garage, my Mom comes out, and asks if she can help....OVER and OVER again. Don't get me wrong, I love her up and down, and they're letting me use the garage and all, but seriously. "Yeah, mom...be a peach and grab that intake manifold and bring it over for me? Maybe you can finish up this disk brake setup while you're at it?" I know she's being a loving mom...but it drives me nuts. And it always seems to be when I can't figure something out and I'm started to get short tempered too.
And MONSTERBABY....what if you have a sign that warns any possible intruders? I'll even get it in 3-4 different languages if they want. I thought that as long as there was some sort of warning, and something were to happen, you could turn around and say, "there's a warning with a picture of a mean looking dog barking, he should've known he was going to be attacked"
I don't own a house, but when I get one, there will be 3 guaranteed things...1) If the dog doesn't like you, it's every beast for himself, and I love Rottweilers, 2) My bedstand will be packing heat, and 3) Should you stop over at 3am unannounced and wearing a ski-mask, hope that I'm quicker than the dog.
Originally Posted by monsterbaby
um yeah you already can't have a rotwieler or pit bull here even if it is locked in your house 24/7 for that very reason if someone breaks into your house and the dog bites them you are liable.
I don't own a house, but when I get one, there will be 3 guaranteed things...1) If the dog doesn't like you, it's every beast for himself, and I love Rottweilers, 2) My bedstand will be packing heat, and 3) Should you stop over at 3am unannounced and wearing a ski-mask, hope that I'm quicker than the dog.
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From: Norton Ohio
what I hate is when im working on something at home and I need something that I own but its at work and thats 15 minutes away and I dont have a shop key and I dont want to call my boss to go and unlock the shop because I need something. also is when at the shop my toolbox gets dirty (like oil spilled on it or getting water spotted from washing the floor) like this morning (monday) i went into work (im a high school sr. and im on spring break this week so im working full time) i went into work and my 2 month old 55" snap on tool box and roll cart had waterspots from the guy who cleans the shop on saturday (were closed on the weekends) and you could tell that there was floor cleaner in the water spots (that will eat the paint off over time). arrrrrggggg also on the top of my tool box I have a piece of counter top and if anything is left on there it will get me going (oil can another guys tools (there are only 3 of us total) or anything else) also making a mess of my bay angers me. im a neat freak about my tools, bay and my tool box. but at home ill leave stuff strewn every where not clean up anything. its kinda strange that im this way
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"do Not Criticize Publicly, But Instruct Privately"
My Father Was Strict, But Fair. If I Didn't Follow His Directions, I Got Whacked With His Leather Belt. He's Been Gone For 24 Years, Died Too Young, But He Left A Legacy Of Respect For Other's Belongings. If I Borrow A Saw, It Goes Back Sharp Or With New Blades. If I Lose It Or Break It, It Gets Replaced With The Same Item Or Better Quality. I Never Have To "beg" To Use Stuff, 'cause I Am Trusted.
"teach Your Children Well..."
My Father Was Strict, But Fair. If I Didn't Follow His Directions, I Got Whacked With His Leather Belt. He's Been Gone For 24 Years, Died Too Young, But He Left A Legacy Of Respect For Other's Belongings. If I Borrow A Saw, It Goes Back Sharp Or With New Blades. If I Lose It Or Break It, It Gets Replaced With The Same Item Or Better Quality. I Never Have To "beg" To Use Stuff, 'cause I Am Trusted.
"teach Your Children Well..."
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Originally Posted by Alaskan Dad
"do Not Criticize Publicly, But Instruct Privately"
My Father Was Strict, But Fair. If I Didn't Follow His Directions, I Got Whacked With His Leather Belt. He's Been Gone For 24 Years, Died Too Young, But He Left A Legacy Of Respect For Other's Belongings. If I Borrow A Saw, It Goes Back Sharp Or With New Blades. If I Lose It Or Break It, It Gets Replaced With The Same Item Or Better Quality. I Never Have To "beg" To Use Stuff, 'cause I Am Trusted.
"teach Your Children Well..."
My Father Was Strict, But Fair. If I Didn't Follow His Directions, I Got Whacked With His Leather Belt. He's Been Gone For 24 Years, Died Too Young, But He Left A Legacy Of Respect For Other's Belongings. If I Borrow A Saw, It Goes Back Sharp Or With New Blades. If I Lose It Or Break It, It Gets Replaced With The Same Item Or Better Quality. I Never Have To "beg" To Use Stuff, 'cause I Am Trusted.
"teach Your Children Well..."
I just hate it when I leave a tool in a place near a job that my wife has me doing in the house then she calls me to do something else by the time I get back to the first task she has moved my tools and slows down the process. Because she subconsiously moves stuff and ask a simple question... Have you seen o and/or moved "X" she is like nope. I think she does it to get me to put things away but when I'm in the middle of using them?