Old and angry: what pisses you off? The rants of ANGRY old men and women!

Time for a rant. Moving gear for a district Scout camp with a borrowed trailer. Slippery pig, mats, tables, gazebos, boxes of stuff like lights etc. Full load. Set up the gear (especially the pig since I was the one who fabricated it nigh on 20 years ago) and there was a call for more tables. Back to the den. One of the leaders husbands said I will give you a hand. So he jumps in the back. Waited for him to belt up which took a while as he didn't seem inclined to do so. As we arrived at the den he unclicked his belt and opened his door while I was still driving around the grounds. Only doing 20 maybe but still Wtf? He jumps out before I stop and then has to wait for me anyway because I have the key. Load up and head back and this time no belt but we are just on the Scout grounds so ok. Stop at the road and he has a stubborn look on his face. So I said we aren't going anywhere until you put your seatbelt on and please do not open the door before I stop the car. He clicks up and off we go. Back at the camp he unclicks his belt the moment we leave the road and again opens the door before I come to a stop so I let fly. So he says not your problem, I don't wear seatbelts in the back and if I get fined I get fined. Huh? You know the driver gets the fine if any passenger is unbolted and same if a door opens! And while YOU would be paying the fine I am not taking points for some random person. This guy is in his 60s. Told him to fucking walk next time.so apparently he told his wife and anyone who would listen that I am a nazi and don't ever drive with him. Fair enough.
He would be one of those people who wouldn't wear a helmet, flicks smoke butts out the window because that isn't "littering", thinks it's ok to drive after a skin full because he's "only driving a few blocks away", and thinks that speeding fines are revenue raising. People like this a borderline on the way to going full sovereign citizen, and think the law is just for other people and the government should stop interfering in their lives.
 
Holy shit! Fatboy Slim is 61!

seeing posters for fatboy slim at the roundhouse. a serious step down in size from brighton beach. and on a tuesday night. am i getting old or is tuesday night really not suitable for his kind of act?
 
seeing posters for fatboy slim at the roundhouse. a serious step down in size from brighton beach. and on a tuesday night. am i getting old or is tuesday night really not suitable for his kind of act?
Depends on what you are looking for. Two of the best sets I have ever seen were Adam Freeland and Evil Nine at the Chinese Laundry. I'm pretty sure the Adam Freeland one was on a Thurs night.

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some great nights out were small shows ahead of main gigs on weekends, but FBS is really a big stage sort of act. Far easier to get through just friday than half a week
 
Chinese Laundry
I went there once and fuck me it was a great night - funnily enough it was after Norman Cook at the Sydney Olympic Halls. We saw Spectrasoul and Muzzy and it was epic. Norm was great too BTW. And the last tour at Riverstage.

seeing posters for fatboy slim at the roundhouse. a serious step down in size from brighton beach.
Have you noted the venues for the rest of the tour? It's a winery tour - LOL
 
YKYGOW.. you want to know other peoples salad spinner recommendations...

coming from.. https://www.spotlightstores.com/kit...nners/appetito-salad-spinner/BP80317898-green
Good: handle has friction brake, can fit most size bagsalads, good value at half price (ie $20)
Bad, spinner sometimes hits sides, preventing reaching max rpm 🤣

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Far ken Americans and their devolution of English. Lettuce is not SALAD!

I was at LAX on my way home from Maui (the Xterra World Champs, which I'd turned into a honeymoon, we're still together so I got away with it!) and was hungry so we went to one of those airport restaurants inside the terminal. I ordered a steak and "salad". The salad was just lettuce and some dressing. I mean FFS who calls lettuce a salad? A place where caveat emptor rules and consumer protection (evil regulation) is diluted to its minimum possible, like the dressing should not be poisonous.
 
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Far ken Americans and their devolution of English. Lettuce is not SALAD!

I was at LAX on my way home from Maui (the Xterra World Champs, which I'd turned into a honeymoon, we're still together so I got away with it!) and was hungry so we went to one of those airport restaurants inside the terminal. I ordered a steak and "salad". The salad was just lettuce and some dressing. I mean FFS who calls lettuce a salad? A place where caveat emptor rules and consumer protection (evil regulation) is diluted to its minimum possible, like the dressing should not be poisonous.

Unfortunately I dropped the salad all over the floor! Probably a bit childish but getting fleeced constantly because you're a hungry tired tourist doesn't bring out your best.
Unfortunately I dropped the salad all over the floor! Probably a bit childish but getting fleeced constantly because you're a hungry tired tourist doesn't bring out your best.
 
Years ago I recall a story related by a co-worker about the time he was hosted in the US as a student. He was observed at the dinner table and afterwards told that he would have to work hard on his table manners before they could collectively go out as a family unit. The main issue being he set his salad aside and ate it with his main (entree!) meal instead of eating as a course on its own. Much later when I went to the states this quaint custom of serving a salad before the main meal (still called an entree) was still in vogue. I was asked whether we have the salad first too and I explained that usually a salad is part on the meal not a separate lone serving and that a salad has more than 4 types of lettuce. They were amazed by this new learning. And then I said an entree is just that, a starting point not the main. Heads were blown.
 
Well fuck, I wasn’t forcing you to go riding
I freaked out when I got in the car and realised the time. Had to call the family and apologise.

It got me to thinking about how scheduled weekends are that I fit riding/exercise in around all the other obligatory activities. I remembered a time when you'd just "hang out" with friends and say "what do you want to do?", "I don't know, what do you want to do?" Like, just sitting around seems like such a foreign idea to me now. I can't believe that I took time out of my life to drink a beer with some one (and it's not my one night a year Xmas outing).
 
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