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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-24-2003, 08:18 PM:
 
What pisses you off? Here's my list:

-Politics

-Religion

-Anyone who disagrees with me for any reason

-Stupidity. When people fail to use logic, I go nuts.

-Hypocrisy. Like when a company will recommend one product by name, even though they say they don't recommend any product including yours.

-Hot girls who do not like me.

-When my enemies have a good day. This should not be permitted.

-Midgets who think they should get more than half the normal wage. Why should they? They're only half of a person!

More soon, I'm sure.
 

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Posted by Betsie Beadling (Member # 591) on 07-24-2003, 08:39 PM:
 
Things that make me
Angry Are

-Having to Empty and take out Trash Twice a week

-when my Computer Kaputs and everything
in the System gets erased and i have to
Rebookmark all my Favorite Sites all over again

- annoying E-Mail no one wants come on Now
Im Female and dont need these stupid P Enlargement
Pills or Devices nor do i wand a Lousey
Ink Jet Cartrege Filler for 99 cents
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-24-2003, 08:47 PM:
 
Stupid People
Hypocrisy
Spam
People who are intolerant of other people' cultures
The Dutch

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-24-2003, 09:20 PM:
 
Not being able to find a stinkin' JOB!
 

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Posted by Nicholas Roznovsky (Member # 861) on 07-24-2003, 09:53 PM:
 
*Traffic jams where there's no one broken down or an accident, it's just a bunch of people who feel the need to stop
*When there's only one line open at the store and the guy in front of you has three carts full of instant pudding
*The stubborn Amish refusal to partake in the wonders of the zipper
*The fact that people actively care about morons like Ashton Kutcher
*Weird spam. I've resigned myself to getting Viagra and porn solicitations, but now I'm getting ones trying to sell me Russian timeshares and sculptures! Come on people!
*Jar-Jar Binks
*People who confuse digital sound and DLP
*People who stand in front of the showtimes at the box office and ask me for showtimes
*People who have to look around the "sold out" sign to ask for tickets to a sold out show
*People who complain that I'm NOT honoring the showtimes from their two-week old newspaper
*In general, films that come out in August, September, and October
*Vienna Sausages
*Those pickles that they sell in their own gross little bags at Blockbuster
*Theaters that sell coffee (no offense, I just don't feel coffee belongs in a theater)
*Guys in Ford Festivas who put sarcastic stickers on them
*Changing the animal litter
*People who tell me that Vin Diesel is a great actor
*The fact that most bank clocks display the temp in Celsius as well as Fairenheit. Who exactly needs the temp in Celsius over here in the states?
*"Storm Stories" on the Weather Channel. Yeah, it rained a lot once. Just give me the damn weather forecast.
*The phrase "Academy Award Winner" tacked in front of Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie in this summer's ads. Does anybody in the target demographics for either "X2" or "Tomb Raider" care about that?
*I can get a copy of "Monkeybone" on DVD, but "Schindler's List" isn't available
*Reality TV
*ABC Family
*Triangular nacho chips. I am a firm proponet of circular chips.
*People who don't understand that other chain's passes won't work at my theater. Do they try to pay their taxes in rubles?
*People who see a donkey and don't say something like "Hey, that's a nice ass!" I mean, come on, have a little personality.
*The fact that birthdays are belated. If you're late for work or in sending in the rent check, you are late, not belated.
*Cellular phones ringing in theaters
*Companies that try to get their first listing in the yellow pages by sticking multiple As in front of their name. Who really feels confident in calling "AAAAAA-1 Dentistry Services"?

That's all I can think of right now, but that's not nearly the beginning of my rage...
 

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Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 07-24-2003, 11:29 PM:
 
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Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 07-24-2003, 11:38 PM:
 
-People who incist on everyone using proper grammer and capitalization in chat rooms and instant messages.
-People who can't tell the difference between analog and digital sound
-Chatrooms that dont allow the use of green
-AMC in general (but there getting better)
-Bad customer service
-People who actually go the speed limit -not becuase its safe or the right thing, but because they want to force everyone behind them to go that speed.
-ATK engine company and there "warrenty"
-Anyone who thinks "Antz" was better than "A Bug's Life"
-People who cant frame and/or focus the movie
-When the Nintendo blinks and you have to "blow out" the cartrage to make it work
-Bushpeople (a group of 30-50 punk middle school kids who live in the bushes behind the theatre, causing all kinds of trouble)
-People who thing baseball is boring

More to come. Im too depresed to continue now.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-25-2003, 01:50 AM:
 
-People who cannot spell correctly, even in forums.
-People who claim digital is better than analog sound
-The color green
-Any theater that isn't AMC
-When customer service people go out of their way for me like I'm some helpless child or something
-People who endanger everyone on the road by driving even 1mph beyond the speed limit
-Not being able to get two extended warranties on my ATK engine
-Anyone who actually reaped even a small amount of enjoyment from "A Bug's Life"
-People who even NEED to frame or focus a movie
-When the Nintendo works, because that means I have to play the crappy games it offers
-People who live in houses when shrubbery is plenty fine
-Baseball, because it is slower than a senile old lady on the freeway and the fans are insane and like to beat up umpires/players/mascots/whoever.
 

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Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 07-25-2003, 03:22 AM:
 
-People who think I get pissed off at people who think analog is better than digital sound when all I said was that people who can't tell the difference make me angry
 

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Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 07-25-2003, 04:06 AM:
 
People who wear bow ties to work and people who point really piss me off.

Oh, and that Thomas Prochick guy pisses me off too.


 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-25-2003, 04:15 AM:
 
Hey Tim, I found you a "stinkin'" job....

>>> Phil


 

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Posted by Peter Kerchinsky (Member # 1098) on 07-25-2003, 06:01 AM:
 
People who work in this business who have no clue as to what this business is all about.
Lazy people in this business.
Arrogant people who think they know all there is to know about this business after being on the job for a short period of time.
Two week wonders in the staff.
And so on....................
 

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Posted by Kevin Baglow (Member # 721) on 07-25-2003, 06:34 AM:
 
i hate people who descriminate against other nationalities
and Newzealanders.
 

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Posted by Rob van Ede (Member # 1457) on 07-25-2003, 09:38 AM:
 
OK Phil, so what's wrong with me?
 

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Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 07-25-2003, 09:59 AM:
 
Some things I hate:

Spammers who somehow spam others from your account and make it look like it came from you.

Spammers in general.

Telemarketers in general.

Stores that push maintenance or service agreements on practically everything they sell, instead of just the higher priced things. A drone in CompUSA here in Huntsville yesterday tried to sell me a service agreement ON A $14.99 BOX OF 50 CD JEWEL CASES! Does it get any more ridiculous? She began by saying "I'm going to do you a favor on these." and began describing the service agreement and saying it was just a dollar more or something. I told her "You've got to be kidding." but she kept on going, describing why it was such a good idea. I've probably broken less than 20 CD cases in the last 17 years.

Coworkers that come in every few minutes to ask if you've finished something they need from you, especially when you're having a rather frustrating time getting it done.

Stores that carry good selections of brands and packaging varieties, but don't carry the specific brand and package combination you need or want.

People that have no sense of time that are always late.

Flaky behaviour -- people saying they'll meet you for lunch, and you know that means "there is a 30 percent chance I won't back out on you".

Guy friends who get girlfriends and drop away, to never be available again to hang out.

People that gossip and spread all kinds of things around that they shouldn't.

The inherent hate of gay people that many people have.

The phenomenon of people disliking me before they even know me.

Overly-judgemental people.

People who are rude with their usage of their cell phone -- especially those who constantly take and make calls in the company of their friends. Some calls like this are appropriate, especially if the information from the call is of interest to some people in the group, or if the purpose of the call is to "grow the group" by inviting people to something. Most of the time, though, this isn't the case and it's a nuisance.

Something that dies after 16 years of faithful service that can't be replaced without paying more than I paid for it new. (My HP-41CX calculator).

Hard drives that go bad, causing you to have to reinstall and reconfigure your system to your liking.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-25-2003, 10:26 AM:
 
Phil... at this point, I'd TAKE it!
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 07-25-2003, 11:52 AM:
 

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OK Phil, so what's wrong with me?

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You have to understand that Phil is among the many Americans who came to Amsterdam to have a good time, and just couldn`t handle all the freedom, so they return home with a headache for the rest of their lifes.

- People who work in drive-thrus who don`t speak English when I drive through the drive-thru after me and my boss just spend 4 months paperwork and $$$ for legal expenses to get a work visa for which I had to prove my "special work experience" and then I drive through a drive-thru where the other foreign worker at the window doesn`t even speak English.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-25-2003, 12:40 PM:
 
- Automated "voice activated" phone systems ("press 1" was bad enough, these are worse)

- People who are late to movies

- People who leave movies early

- Babies ... just leave'em home until age 7 or 8, please

- When I ask my wife where she would like to have dinner, and she says "It's up to you!" but then I know she doesn't like the place I pick

- People who walk in when I'm obviously up to my neck in work and want to "chit-chat"

- Jerry Springer
 

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Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 07-25-2003, 01:13 PM:
 
Traffic Only 10% of the population should be allowed to drive!
Customers who don't know what film they are seeing.
My neighbor’s boat Why does he think it makes a good lawn decoration?
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-25-2003, 03:43 PM:
 
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OK Phil, so what's wrong with me?
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Gosh, I don't know...tell me.

See the line above that... from "Goldmember"

And Mike, I had a great time in Amsterdam and I did return with a "head" ache...

>>>Phil
 

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Posted by Don Bruechert (Member # 1538) on 07-25-2003, 04:24 PM:
 
Well, let's start with owners that say "I've been in this business for 25 years and this is the way that everybody does it" as a response to any suggestion for improvement, or any HINT of a suggestion that times have changed and that process doesn't work well anymore....

Or how about an owner that has a group of Managers that are all supposed to be equal and are paid the same and then tells one of them that if they aren't happy with the work of one of the other ones they should fire them... How the hell does that work? If one of the other managers tried to fire me I would laugh at them, and I would expect the same response if I said it to them. How does this work?? You fire one, and they retailiate and fire you back - or one of the other ones fires you because you fired someone?? Sounds like a Job for the owner himself, or if he doesn't want to do it then fork over the bucks and create a General Manager position and make them do it....
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-25-2003, 07:45 PM:
 

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Mike B: - People who are late to movies.

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I'll one-up that!

People who are late to movies, can't find seats together, who then go get the usher to make other people move down so they can sit next to each other... And... The ushers who DO it!

FUCK THEM!

I always say, "I came here on time so that I could have my choice of seats, now somebody who shows up late can ask me to move?! No!"

Mind you, I have no problem with ushers who point out where the empty seats are BEFORE the movie starts. I'll even give them a break if the house is crowded They can help people find EMPTY seats during the first couple-three trailers. But NO moving people.

If you're late you must take what you can get! If you can't sit together, THOUGH SHIT!

Caveat: Ushers have the right to ask able-bodied customers to vacate handicap chairs if there are H.P.s who need them; provided there are other empty seats nearby for the able-bodied to move to.

My biggest pet peave is people who don't care about things:
I would spend a lot of time working on projectors and films to get them as perfect as I am able. Then some idiot comes along behind and bollocks it all up! I can give you example after example!

People who dump trailers on the floor in order to rewind them. When you tell them that this is wrong they argue with you and deny that it hurts the film.

People who use ball peen hammers to untangle brain wraps and then try to blame YOU for fucking up the projector! (Actually happened! He was the G.M. of the theater!)

People who complain to you that the "light" in the projector won't come on; who after being told to replace the xenon lamp; who you KNOW are capable of doing so because you watched them do it; who then blame YOU for not "fixing the projector" when customers complain that they can't see the picture! (Charles, I hope your fuckin' teeth rot right out of your mouth, go down your throat then bite you in the asshole on the way out! )

To top it all off... Upper management who won't back you up when you report people who do these things and even PROMOTE hammer-weilding managers!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-25-2003, 08:13 PM:
 
Randy, managers tend to stick together in order to defend their stupidity and lack of logic. Now granted there are some fantastic managers out there, but unfortunately they are in the minority. I've seen managers hate individuals that they haven't even met yet because they've "heard things". I think I will now add to my list:

-Managers who really really want to learn how to "run the booth" just so they know. They get a few lessons and are then satisfied and never touch the equipment again. But the thing is they will always think that they are fully qualified. So one night after the projectionist goes home, they decide they want to watch a late movie..... Ahhhhh!!!!
 

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Posted by Travis Hubrig (Member # 1745) on 07-25-2003, 09:30 PM:
 
I hate people that Hate.

Why Hate?

I prefer the term 'things that irritate me'

I get irritated by people that have no clue, and don't even realize it.

How about people that can't admit to being wrong.(or make excuses constantly)- when I f--k up, I admit it. It's easier for everyone to get past it then.

I don't like people when they put others down... Putting someone down really doesn't accomplish anything.

If someone irritates me, I won't put them down but I may never talk to them again.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-26-2003, 01:57 AM:
 
This is "Things that make you ANGRY". Being irritated is the same as being annoyed. Being angry is like being irrated x 10 or more. Everyone gets angry.

Have I annoyed you yet?
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 07-26-2003, 06:51 AM:
 
That Joe Redifer guy makes me really angry. He sucks.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-26-2003, 07:24 PM:
 
Don
Phil
Michael
Brad
Paul
Adam
Joe
Gordon
Scott (Who can't start a movie correctly, that ALWAYS makes me angry!)
etc...



In that order!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-26-2003, 07:38 PM:
 
It is known fact that Scott Norwood cannot start a movie correctly... ever. He makes me angry as well.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-26-2003, 08:09 PM:
 
Gosh, Ms. Evil, I'm #2....

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-26-2003, 08:49 PM:
 
How is it that I made Rachel's list but Manny didn't? That makes me angry.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-26-2003, 09:42 PM:
 
Damn, how could I forget Manny??? My bad, I am SO sorry Manny. You make me angry also!
 

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Posted by George Roher (Member # 91) on 07-27-2003, 12:13 AM:
 
What really annoys me is when managers want (or expect) me to be a bad projectionist because of their own incompetence. One of many examples: Managers wanting the bright cleaning lights cranked up while the credits are still on screen, because they have no clue how to make a show schedule or how to staff a theatre. And it's just as bad when they request the cleaning lights be left on until the next show starts. Of course one of my managers wanted me to edit the Matrix so the trailer at the very end would play before the credits and they could shoo the patrons out sooner. I didn't do it.
 

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Posted by Sam Hunter (Member # 1119) on 07-27-2003, 12:47 AM:
 
Things that I dislike are:

1: People who do not return gratuitousness on emails. I say thank you to somebody on an email and they never respond back.

2: people who do not respond to emails when they are clearly reading their emails.

3: Rude conversations on Cellphones or no exchange of pleasantries. They call and without asking "HOW ARE YOU" or "Hey Hows it going" they just start talking.

4: Elitism, ie the "I am better than you are" crowd crap.

5: Anything made by Dodge Chrysler.

6: Smart ass people.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-27-2003, 01:55 AM:
 
Oh man, I'm sorry Sam! You'd probably be pretty disenchanted with me:

1. I send many "thank you" e-mails, but rarely send a "You're Welcome" e-mail unless there is more to say.... at least I don't think I do. Maybe I do as a reflex action. Not sure.

2. Well I pretty much respond to everything so no points lost here.

3. I don't lose any points here either.

4. I AM better than everyone. No crowds. Just me.

5. No points lost here.

6. Just about everything I say or type is a smart ass comment.


 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 07-27-2003, 08:02 AM:
 
These things make me very angry indeed:



They're dirty, uncomfortable, almost always late, f***ing expensive to travel on and should be terminated with extreme prejudice.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-27-2003, 11:10 AM:
 
People who confuse words like "silica", "silicon" and "silicone".

Silica is a crystaline substance that CONTAINS silicon.

Silicone is rubber-like inorganic polymer made from silicon.

Silicon is element number 14 in the Periodic Table. It is an ingredient in silica and silicone.

I say this is actually worse than people who mispronounce "nuclear" as "nuke-ya-ler"!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-28-2003, 02:56 PM:
 
I hate it when newspapers write "They poured over the documents" when it should be "pored." It happened just yesterday in the Billings Gazette, the largest newspaper in these parts.
 

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Posted by Don E. Nelson (Member # 1049) on 07-28-2003, 03:13 PM:
 
nothing makes me angry, except when my wife does this, as shown below.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-28-2003, 07:10 PM:
 
Just pee on the seat to pay her back.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-28-2003, 09:56 PM:
 
The mantra of the bathroom... ANY bathroom... is and always SHOULD be, "Look before you leap!"

Virtually all men follow this doctrine. Anybody, man or woman, who doesn't is just begging to get a wet ass some day! He who forgets to look before leaping, who gets a wet ass and then complains about it deserves nothing more than pointed fingers and uproarious laughter. (After all, it IS funny!)

Do you really want to drive the point home? No matter what you use the cammode for, ALWAYS put the seat down and close the lid when finished. Not only is it the polite (and sanitary) thing to do it will force the next user to mind the position of the seat before taking up residence.

Again, it shouldn't make a difference to a man. When standing up to pee, the seat and lid should be raised. What's the difference, right? When sitting, one only needs to raise the lid. If the position of the seat can be imagined to be in a random state, it will need to be toggled from one to the other about 50% of the time, no? The necessity to visually verify its position still exists. No extra effort is needed when you think about it.

Besides, it's a great way to put one more thorn in the backside of any potential complainer!
 

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Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 07-28-2003, 10:57 PM:
 
Things I hate,
People that start a movie and cannot tell that the sound drum is not spinning

Harley riders that won't talk to you because you don't ride a Harley.

NCN

People that cannot differentiate between ACCEPT and EXCEPT.
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 07-29-2003, 01:48 PM:
 
Continuous onscreen logos on TV!!
Any paid advertising in movie theatres that charge full admission price, and anyone who works at a theatre who doesn't think exactly like me
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-29-2003, 02:42 PM:
 
The fact that I like most of the shows on the first all-male-network (can't remember off the top of my head if its TNT or TBS)..always have liked that station but now I'm not allowed to watch it so screw them!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-29-2003, 02:57 PM:
 
It's TNN, that's why they have an identity crisis; no one can remember what they are, since they got rid of The Nashville Network - which was a perfect niche they had the market on.

Ol' Sumner's cronies changed it to "The National Network", expecting it to be a hipper version of USA. After only a few months, they found it wasn't working and decided yet again to change its positioning. They changed the name to "Spike", but Spike Lee had a hissy-fit, since he is the only one on the planet who can use that name, and he has it in litigation.

As a temporary measure, they're now referring to themselves as "The First Network For Men". Personally, I can't stand the Pamela Anderson or Kelsey Grammer cartoons. As far as I'm concerned, real men watch WESTERNS!

A similar change in target demographics recently happened with American Movie Classics, and I'll bet they're feeling the repercussions of that, given the innane promos they are running; trying to find an audience.
 

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Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 07-29-2003, 03:04 PM:
 
OK Here is my list of things that piss me off.

1) Stupid People that think everything should center around them.

2) People who come to a movie theatre and act up then when tey are asked to leave start screaming racism as our motive for removing them.

3) Assholes that thing just because there in the fast lane of a freeway that means they can drive more than the speed limit. I hate these dumb fucks when I am already driving 7 miles an hour over the speed limit adnd they want to ride my bumper to force me to pull into a slower lane Fuck Them go around.

4) Telemarkets who after the 5th time you have told them no are still tryingto sell you there product.

5) Any theatre that turns their sound down to the point there is very little Sub effect, or surround info heard just because one of the folks that thinks there in an oversized living room watching a Giant Sized TV went out and complained that it was too loud for them. well Guess what folks We have ALD's help yourself to one or a refund. For Example Regal Metropolitan 14 here in Austin. all sound Systems were set between 4 and 5. I kid you not and I saw this with my own two eyes. Now do not get me wrong ther have been several movies this past year that in my oipinion were mixed too damn loud to start with and I did have to adjust volume accordingly, but for 14 scrrens to be turned down that far.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-29-2003, 03:05 PM:
 
Thanks Tim. What I mostly like on the network are the older reruns they play...Star Trek and the such. I actually haven't watched any of the original series. Don't watch TV all that much.
 

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Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 07-29-2003, 05:46 PM:
 

• People who make kids movies half-heartedly saying, "It's just a bunch of kids, it only has to be 'good enough'."
• Nickelodeon, all set-up and a big FAT **ZERO** payoff, at the most recent "kids choice" (from a limited ballot of nominees selected by the adults who run the corporation) awards, they had the PERFECT opportunity to slime Kelly and Justin from the first American Idol. They set it up to slime Kelly and Justin! The lever was pulled and... nothing! (oh big whoop, a pool outside the place started to fill up with the stuff) and I would like to clarify that this has nothing to do with my odd fetish that many of you know about, it's comedy: set-up, payoff that is the way of things. It makes me want to smash something!
• People who attack my fetish as being sexist/anti-feminist, people who go out of their way to point out one scene in a B-movie from the '60s that happens to feature some "teenage" girls getting muddy. If you're going to go out of your way to point out something sexist/anti-feminist, point out that dumb commercial with the women obsessing about the yogurt, that commercial makes me mad too.
  Something else that makes me mad is when there is a scene on TV of someone getting slightly messy and someone who is aware of my fetish points it out loudly.

I'm going to go buy something breakable and take a golf club to it to relieve some of this anger.
I don't hate anybody, there are just some people whom I passionately dislike.

[ 07-31-2003, 06:33 PM: Message edited by: John Lasher ]
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-29-2003, 07:35 PM:
 
Say ... where the heck is Deleware, anyway?
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 07-29-2003, 07:50 PM:
 
People who say "kudos" or "cool beans"

Anyone who responds to a Ron Epstein review on HTF with a note congratulating him on the great review. I don't know why, but that just irritates me.

Because of my hearing problem, alot of sounds irritate me alot, I could go on and on about those.
 

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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-29-2003, 08:24 PM:
 
Hey Joe, Where did you get the pretty girlie
Where did you get that jolly dolly
Where did you get that dish
I wish were mine.

We'll be friends until the end
This looks like the end my friend
Cause I want that dolly,
for my own.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-29-2003, 09:50 PM:
 
Rachel, they play Star Trek?! As in, "Captain Kirk"? I could watch that. About all I ever see on that channel, though, is "Real TV". I swear it's on all the time!


And don't you worry none, lil' lady. You just go ahead and watch it, if you want to. You have permission.


Be nice, Adam...
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-29-2003, 10:29 PM:
 
When Adam is nice? Adam is always nice.
When Adam is good, he's good.
When Adam is bad, he's VERY good!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 07-30-2003, 12:11 AM:
 
Tim:

They show The Next Generation on TNN. The Original series come on the sci fi channel in the afternoons.
 

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Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 07-30-2003, 12:23 AM:
 
(this part in response to John Lasher) -- About people attacking you in various ways about your fetish -- there are a lot of inconsiderate, cruel people out there that get their enjoys out of being mean. I have a lot of respect for you and others who have shared things like that about themselves in the "Are you out at work" thread.

I have to deal with quite a few people that have a problem with the fact that I like guys. This gets compounded by the fact that I have a somewhat wobbly walk due to an aftereffect of having my appendix taken out in 1981 (my spine got curved somewhat). People love to walk behind me in the mall and mimic my walk. Sometimes, I don't mind. Sometimes, it gets to me.

There are many people out there who are just inherently bold and mean, and there's really nothing you can do about them except not let them get to you. They'll always be there -- if not them, someone else just as bad. Just find a way to have a snappy comeback and don't let them knwo it gets to you because that's the reason they do it -- because they want it to get to you.

One thing I hate is people who seem to be your friend until they find out "something" about you. It almost makes me want to just let people know early on about certain things so they won't find out later then dump me. It hurts a lot less to just not make a friend than to develop a friendship and then have it end later.

Everyone, before judging someone for something they find strange or odd, they should really examine themselves and think, "Is there something about me that others would find odd, that I wouldn't want them to know about?" Believe it or not, the strange, odd things are what make people interesting.

Remember in the movie "Good Will Hunting" when Robin Williams is talking to Matt Damon about his deceased wife? He mentions some of her funny quirks and says, "That's the good stuff." That's the stuff worth remembering.

Well, good night. I'm going to bed.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-30-2003, 12:36 AM:
 
Yep, what Chris said...
 

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Posted by Ron Lacheur (Member # 1126) on 07-30-2003, 09:13 AM:
 
Mike,

I know what you mean about the HTF dvd reviews. They like kissing his ass or something.

Too bad he isn't reviewing anymore.
 

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Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 07-30-2003, 12:29 PM:
 
Evans I can sypathize with you on the people who are just plain mean and think there better than others. I work with some fanatical christians at one of my jobs that think there only reason for existing on earth is to out everyone they think is a homosexual. Now I consider myself to be a strong christian myself and I have never once turned my back on anyone I knew or finally came out and stated they were homosexual or had fetish that I might think are sick and disgusting. Instead I like to take a step back and try to do things as my lord and savior would do, Do not Judge an idividual on thier likes and dislikes, love my brothers and sisters in the world like there were imediate family and do not be quick to point out someone elses wrong doings. If everybody would follow these simple guidelines. we would probably all be living in a better place right now.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 07-30-2003, 01:05 PM:
 
Or, to paraphrase Jesus Christ: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone".

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John 8:3-11
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said unto him, "Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned; but what do you say?" This they said, tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he didn't hear them. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, "he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "woman, where are those your accusers? Has no man condemned you?" She said "no man, Lord." And Jesus said unto her, "neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more."

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"If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal...Love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong-doing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends . But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end...And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love" (1 Cor 13:1-13).

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-30-2003, 01:46 PM:
 
Yep, yep, yep...

Though a little short on the hope these days.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-30-2003, 03:42 PM:
 
Shame on you, Phil. I'm never bad, but I'm often naughty.

Windows barfing up cookies causing me to miss posts makes me angry. No, wait. Windows just makes me angry. And Macs make me angry because they look the same but everything's in different places.
 

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Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 07-30-2003, 04:15 PM:
 
I like this thread. It really helps to be able to rant a little sometimes to vent....

Something just made me angry. Got a telemarketing call on my cell phone. I've not given my cell phone number out to anyone but friends, so evidentaly, there is a way they can get the lists of numbers.

It wasn't even a human, but a recording. I looked up the number it told me to call on the internet and got this: http://www.whiteice.com/~tv2go/scripts/ncc_transcript.html which even had the transcript of the actual recording that was played on my cell phone when I answered.

Transcript of Prerecorded telephone Solicitation Initiated by
National Consumer Council on behalf of
Liberty Financial Group and Financial Rescue Services

"This is Jeffrey Caldwell with the National Consumer Council at 1-800-990-3990. I'm calling in regard to your consumer credit cards and the high interest rates that they carry. Your record is now in our database and we would be able to cut your monthly payments in half. Interest rates are extremely low now and as a matter of fact the prime rate is currently at four point two five percent. Finally it's lower than five. So just think of how much money you could save by getting out from under those cards. We'll help you no matter what your current situation is. So I encourage you to call us here at the NCC. We are a non-profit organization and we are formed to help consumers just like yourself. There will be no charge for any advice that we give you yet we will show you how to be debt free. So please call the council at 1-800-990-3990. Thank you."

Their address is
1025 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 1012
Washington D.C. 20036

If they'd like to cut my debt in half, since I pay my card off every month, half of zero is still zero. Sure, the interest rate on my card is rather high, but since I always pay it off, I don't care. It's tempting to send them a bill for a two-minute call on my cell phone.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-30-2003, 04:22 PM:
 
I have more things that make me ANGRY!

-When people thread the projector top to bottom and don't realize the difference threading bottom-up makes.

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And so the projectionist whom threads top to bottom shall be cast into the firey pits of hell, where he shall have many unspeakable deeds done unto him. He shall be forced to endure such atrocities as "Pluto Nash", "Nash Bridges", "The Bridges of Madison County", "On the Line starring Lance Bass", and "Master of Disguise" for all eternity. There shall be no repentance, no forgiveness, and no salvation for these lost souls. For they have forsaken the Lord.

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-When videogames that I am playing do not cooperate and I lose.

-Not being happy.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-30-2003, 05:06 PM:
 
I liked Master of Disguise Ok???

And I thread from top to bottom too so there! I realize bottom to top is faster, I've just always done it the other way!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-30-2003, 05:33 PM:
 
People (other than Joe) quoting (Insert favorite cuss word here) from the Bible and/or preaching how all should live.

For those that do... oy vay! ...in it's real meaning!

Myself, like Michael are perfect and without sin. We both have a big pile of stones (Oh and Ummm BS) to throw.

BTW: I don't think things are any better or worse than at any other time in history. There has been and always will be "good" and "bad" people….. it's all part of this great thing we call LIFE!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-30-2003, 05:53 PM:
 

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And I thread from top to bottom too so there! I realize bottom to top is faster, I've just always done it the other way!

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So if you've always done it the other way there's no reason for change, right? I always used to do it that way as well. It's not just a speed or accuracy issue... it's also a cleanliness issue. I've taught lots of people who've only done it top to bottom to thread bottom-up... they like the new method better. I am not sure I understand why people are even trained top to bottom to begin with... it doesn't make sense.

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-30-2003, 10:05 PM:
 
I like it when my anger makes a difference in the world.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-30-2003, 10:39 PM:
 
Car commercials that show people in a showroom walking across the frame everywhere, yet going nowhere. And you see the same people crossing in every shot, but no one is looking at the cars -- just walking.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-30-2003, 10:50 PM:
 
Tim I know exactly what you mean! I see a lot of those nowadays (when I actually watch TV). I think to myself:

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Joe Redifer thinks:
"Why the hell would I want to go to that dealer? It's buzzing with people wandering around aimlessly. The staff looks hopelessly busy so I'll never get helped if I have a question or actually want to buy a car. I need to pee. Yeah... I think I'll pee now."

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 07-30-2003, 11:39 PM:
 
This has probably been discussed ad nauseam here, but I am just too lazy to use the search function - what difference does it make from which direction you thread?
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-31-2003, 12:13 AM:
 
<--- ducks for cover

Troublemakers make me angry.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-31-2003, 12:46 AM:
 
Here's another category:

Things that irritate me in the single's scene:
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1. P.D.A. Single people aren't the only ones annoyed by it either. New couples need to just go home and get their damned orgasm over with already instead of sucking face in front of everyone at the mall.

2. When women have more tattoos than men.

3. Guys who expect me to lend a sympathetic ear to stories involving their paternity suits, divorces from silconed "trophy wives" or heart broken women that won't stop pursuing them. Having never been married nor fathered any children of my own, what makes them think I'm the guy to talk to about this shit!?

4. Getting stood up on Christmas.

5. Match-making dumb-asses. Some people just have to insist on setting me up with "a special girl they know." Almost always they have the worst possible taste when doing it. Instead of thinking about things like common interests, compatible personalities and mutual attraction the only criteria they seem to observe is: "let's find a girl as pathetic as Bob!"

6. When women completely shave their naughty region. If I'm going to do the "69" I don't like making facial contact with something that feels like a 5 o'clock shadow. I'm not asking for the 1970's style "Sasquatch" look, but let the hair grow at least a little!

7. The "I need my space" line of bullshit. You don't figure out the truth for certain until a month later when one of your friends sees her at a store trying on wedding dresses (true story by the way).

8. Women who take the opportunity when turning down a dance or date to dish out some insults for some good cruel fun. The few who do it need to save it for the alpha-male bad-boy types that pissed them off in the first place. It is cowardly for them to pull that crap on someone they consider to be harmless. Grow a pair and direct the flak at the character-flawed assholes you find attractive. And then go and see a f**king therapist!

9. Platonic female friends that date men who can't/won't dance. They want me to dance with them all night long to keep from getting bored riding a bar stool. And that can do a good job of cock-blocking an available fellow from meeting women without boyfriends.

10. Platonic female friends that play jealousy games to piss off a lady I've started dating. Here's the juice: if I get dumped over this shit, our "friendship" gets dumped too.
 

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Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 07-31-2003, 10:08 AM:
 
For the single scheme, from the other angle:

1. Attractive people that are snotty and won't speak to you if you speak to them to try to be friendly.

2. People that are so stuck up in themselves that they won't make eye contact with you when you walk by.

3. People that turn their head slightly and quickly when you make eye contact with them to let you know they're better than you.

4. People that interact with their cell phone more than other people. There was one guy I've talked to some and recently, all he does is talk on his cell phone and pound messages into it all the time to talk to people online.

5. Like I said before, cell phone slaves that put cell phone conversations over conversations with you.

6. The inabiity to find a guy that likes other guys and would like a close guy friend but that doesn't want sex.

7. Slutty-looking girls that expect me to be attracted to them.

8. Underage people that hit on me. Ugh.

9. Guys that hit on me, show interest, and never talk to me again once they find out I don't want sex.

10. People that let peer pressure rule their lives. I've lost friends before because their friends didn't think I was "cool".

11. People who seem content to just chug along doing as little as possible with no desire to better themselves by improving their education or looking for a job more suited for their abilities (assuming they have abilities).

12. Intelligent people I would really love to be friends with that schedule every minute of their lives outside school and/or work so they can't be friends with anyone. What a waste.

13. Guy friends that get girlfriends and drop all activities with their friends.

14. Guy friends who get married and drop off the face of the earth.

15. People that pretend to be friendly to you, but are really doing it for reasons such as: (a) Their friends are curious about various aspects of me, so they're getting friendly with me to find out what they want to know. (b) They're curious themselves. (c) They're doing it for some reason that their friends find humorous.

16. People that are only friendly with you when they need or want something from you, or want to use you somehow.

17. People that gossip and spread all kinds of crap. You wouldn't believe some of the rumors I've heard that have come back to me in the past.

18. Long-haired guys that act snotty and won't speak to me. You'd think long-haired guys would be friendly to other long-haired guys, right? Wrong. There's something terribly amiss with the younger long-haired ones these days.

19. Flaky people that seem to be great new friends when you meet them, but suddenly a week or two after meeting them, everything about them seems to fall apart (job, school, home life, health, etc). This has happened more times than you'd believe.

20. People that can't be themselves and rely on alcohol or drugs to have fun. I can't deal with that. A beer or two or some equivalent amount of alcohol occasionally is OK, but I have no desire to get drunk or be around drunk people.

21. People in their 20s that treat single people in their 30s as if they have a disease or something.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-31-2003, 01:06 PM:
 

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I need to pee. Yeah... I think I'll pee now."

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Joe, you're TOO MUCH! I'm rolling!!

Bobby, I hear ya, bro! My first wife tried to give me that "I need my freedom" crap. So I told her to go be with him.

Evans, I knew a guy in Louisville who was in the exact same predicament you are. I know's it's easy to say, but you will eventually find someone -- there's at least one match for everyone.
 

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Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 07-31-2003, 01:29 PM:
 
Evans,

I wouldn't get too worked up about #7. I'd get worried when the sluty girls stop hitting on you.

So, how you doing? [i]From the sluty looking girl to the left of this message.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-31-2003, 07:53 PM:
 

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8. Underage people that hit on me. Ugh.

9. Guys that hit on me, show interest, and never talk to me again once they find out I don't want sex.

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Damn, just getting hit on is a compliment...and you get angry by it! I wish I had that problem...
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-31-2003, 08:54 PM:
 
Things that make me angry at work:
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1. I'm working on a tough graphics project with a bitch of a deadline and someone keeps walking up behind looking over my shoulder to see how its going.

2. Thunderstorms. Unplug everything. Stop work. Get bored.

3. Sometimes mice invade our factory in the wintertime. We set out rat poison. The little bastards climb into the walls before they die. And then their decomposing bodies stink up the office! Dammit!

4. Zip discs that get corrupt.

5. Telemarketers that lie to people answering the front office phone. They claim to be a personal friend of mine to get through.

6. When people wait until I'm damned near finished with a design project to put in their creative two cents. It makes me want to scream, "I'm not throwing away hours of work and starting all over just to include your brain dead idea you sick, twisted f**k!!!" But I just keep it to myself, simmer and burn an ulcer through my stomach.

7. Customers that request changes which force me to start a design all over again from scratch. And then they want to see TWO versions of the new ideas. AAARRRRGGGGH!

8. Competing sign companies and unethical customers that plagiarize my design work. Cheap-ass scumbags will come to my company first, have us do the survey work, visual problem solving and design development to prepare an accurate, fair bid. And then they'll try to get a cheaper sign company to work from my COPYRIGHTED sketch!

9. Competitors who think they're as good a graphic artist as I because they use the same applications. This is in spite of most having no talent, no formal training, certainly no degree and little (if any) honestly bought and registered software. Hobbyists and amateurs can download off KaZaa to their heart's content. But hacks that underbid me on sign work and freelance work shouldn't be doing it.

10. Idiots at competing sign companies who routinely commit "font murder." They all have thousands of fonts at their fingertips yet use the same weight of Arial for everything.

 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-31-2003, 10:38 PM:
 

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Thunderstorms. Unplug everything. Stop work. Get bored.

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Bobby, I hear ya, bro! My first wife tried to give me that "I need my freedom" crap.

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My first wife left on September 14, 1993.. to "go find herself".
Since I never saw her again since then, I'd assume she's out somewhere wandering aimlessly... "still searching".

THINGS THAT MAKE ME ANGRY

Potty Training (my son... not me)

Contractors who can't read a set of plans!!

Interest Payments.

Trucks that get 11 miles a gallon.

Windows 2003 Server operating system

Interviewing High School kids to work in the concession stand at the drive-in who think minimum wage is $8.00 an hour!!

Throwing a block party for all of our new neighbors, and two of the 8 families show up. The others who didn't attend were found in their front yards sitting in lawn chairs!!!

Thunderstorms... lost another computer, modem, and fax/copier/scanner/printer last week. Same thing happened last year.

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I'm not sure if I am reading this one correctly. Do you mean people that are looking at you and then when you look at them they quickly turn away like they weren't looking at you at all?

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Pretty much. Let's say there's someone I want to wave at or speak to. They see me and I start to make a friendly gesture but the instant they make eye contact, they turn their head a slight bit. They seem to do it as if to say "I reject you and I don't want you to think I saw you," but it could simply be a cultural difference in where they grew up and here.

I'd sure hate to go to a place where everyone acted that way. It's comforting to see people giving friendly gestures in return for friendly gestures.

I was raised to be "naturally friendly" to people. Some have personalities that are so friendly that they "never meet a stranger". I don't go that far, but I do attempt to speak and be friendly to people that seem cool, since I do occasionally do make a friend that way, especially if it is someone I encounter often.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 08-01-2003, 10:55 PM:
 
Yeah, if you're trying to get someone's attention and they see you waving or something but still turn away I would say that is rude. They're just basically ignoring you.

The thing I'm talking about is just seeing a stranger at a distance, such as driving in traffic and seeing a pretty girl in another vehicle. I might look over there and see that she is attractive, but if she suddenly turns and looks right at me I am going to have the urge to jolt my head a different direction while muttering, "oh shit, she saw me!" The gregarious thing to do would be to smile back and mouth "hi" but that's the negative don't-make-eye-contact habit screwing up everything. And then you don't want to come off as some lurker dude. It's bad enough that I am a single white male in my mid 30's with no kids or any previous marriages. Basically I fit the profile of a serial killer! So I'm trying pretty hard not to act too wierd.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-01-2003, 11:34 PM:
 
Speaking of lightning...

Another thing that pisses me off is people who are stupid enough to think that the rubber tires on their car is what protects them from lightning strikes if they get inside their car.

Think, people! That lightning bolt just jumped how far? A MILE? Maybe more? It came from all the way up in the sky and stretched all the way down to the ground!
(Okay, okay! Lightning bolts really start on the ground and go up. I know. Work with me, here! OK?! )

So, what makes you think that a HALF INCH of rubber is going to stop a lightning bolt?! Umm... and it will probably be WET rubber too!
(Don't get me into arguing about whether water conducts electricity, now! That's a whole other rant! Throw me a frickin' bone! Will ya'?! )

When I say, "Your car is like a Faraday Cage.", people give you blank looks and then say something stupid like, "No! It's because your car is GROUNDED!" Hello!! McFly!! <knock-knock> Can you say, "Skin Effect?!" No! It's not something that happens in porno movies, you dolt! Look it up! No! On second thought, DON'T look it up! Your head will probably explode if you do!

BTW: Having said that... What makes you think that a fraction of an inch of silicon (I said, "siliCON!) is going to protect your computer from THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of volts and/or amps of electricity? It just travelled all the way down from the sky, blasted through your roof or some other part of your house and found the nice, conductive wires leading to your computer! I don't give a rats ass HOW fast that varistor (or whatever it's called) reacts to changes in electricity. It's going to blow right on by like a runaway semi-truck through a toll booth! (Yes, I've seen one of those!... Another story!)

To sum it up, people who make stupid assertions and won't listen to a reasonable explanation are what piss me off!

Okay... If, in my ranting, I have misconstrewed a scientific fact point it out to me! I want to know. I'll probably look it up and decide that you are right. (If you are, indeed, right.) Some people actually think that the World Book encyclopedia comes on a (couple of) CD?! Way back when, in the days of Foo-Bye, my parents bought us kids a REAL encyclopedia! I spent hours and hours and hours reading it!

Why do people have to be so bone-head stupid?!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-02-2003, 12:57 AM:
 
Holy Sh!t Randy! How do you REALLY feel about that?

Right or wrong, I wouldn't DARE disagree with ANYTHING in that post!


>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-02-2003, 01:23 AM:
 
No, Phil, it's not about the lightning bolt. Lightning was just the "seed" to the rant.

There are people who think that things like Star Trek phaser guns could really exist. Umm... Yeah!... Take all the power of a couple-three nuclear power reactors (Say, "Nuke-lee-er"!) then shrink them down to fit in the palm of your hand!

When told that, in order to even APPROACH the speed of light, you would have to take all the power of the sun and burn it up all at once. Then you would only be able to reach, say 90%.

Don't even think about the fact that, upon acceleration that great, your body would become a smooth, red layer of gelatinous goo on the rear bulkhead of the ship.

I have ACTUALLY had people tell me things like, "The government has 'secret laboratories' where they invent things". It was the very same person who told me that on whom I pulled the old "Cut the Kings" card trick on, only I made HIM (think he was) cutting the kings. {Cough, cough!... double lift & false shuffle... Cough} This kid actually though I was psychic or something even after I plainly showed him!

Sometimes I wish I had been born without scruples!
 

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 08-02-2003, 01:32 AM:
 
Remember a lightning strike can be equivalent to an electro magnetic pulse. Your shit could be unplugged and still get f**cked.

I believe a good home owners insurance has a clause that covers natural disaster like incidents like lightning strikes tornados and the like.

I believe there is one speed of light theory for travel that exists that if one were to be able to go that fast all matter would become two dementional. I guess that would be pretty much red goo on the wall.
 

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 08-02-2003, 03:13 AM:
 
Junk e-mails asking if I'm sick of getting junk e-mails.

Going back to Bobby's comment about the anamorphically distorted font; people who do the same thing with photographs. Photo not the right shape for the space you want to put it in? Never mind, just stretch it to fit! Why?

There's a poster which has been fly-posted all over London recently where a picture has been stretched by a factor of almost 2:1; it looks terrible. Even quite minor stretching is often obvious, depending on the subject matter.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-02-2003, 12:22 PM:
 
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1. Allow us to keep the number and expiration date of a valid major credit card on file (NOTHNG GETS CHARGED TO THE CREDIT CARD at the time of rental (unless the customer chooses to pay with the same card) the credit card will only be charged if the account becomes 90 days or more past due.) or
2. Allow us to run a credit approval and give us a (refundable) security deposit. (For instruments worth $1K or more, we run an approval anyway)

YOU CAN'T RENT A F**KING VIDEOTAPE WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD! A VIDEOTAPE IS WORTH 18 BUCKS, WHAT THE F**K MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN RENT AN $800 VIOLIN WITHOUT IN SOME WAY PROVING CREDITWORTHINESS!

Another thing that makes me mad is customers who try to use a debit card with a visa/mastercard logo. We can accept them as payment but not as security. (The reason is, a credit card implies creditworthiness, a debit card just proves that you have a checking account.)

The idiots who are convinced that the $1,000 sax they just took home is covered under their homeowners insurance and are completely unwilling to pay $5/month to insure the thing! Most homeowners policies will not cover it (the thing about us owning the instrument) and in the few exceptions where it does, it does not cover the full cost of the instrument and it will never cover repairs (which our insurance does).

Another thing that makes me mad--completely unrelated--is Tim Quallis. Tim Quallis is a local TV personality, he produces no-budget infomercials for local merchants. If you look at the programming schedule for channel 28 (the Leased Access channel) the majority of it (probably 80%) is programming that he produced, and as if that isn't bad enough, he's rapidly consuming the available airtime on channel 66 (the new Leased Access channel the local cable provider set up because he was taking up so much airtime on channel 28) the production on these shows is truly toilet-worthy. And the way he presents these merchants and their products is just awful. Also, he should really consider purchasing a suit (dark) where the jacket matches the pants, and maybe a plain red tie or several (see, if you wear a nice dark suit and a red tie on TV, nobody will care that you don't know about what your talking about, they'll just wonder where you got that nice dark suit and red tie.)

one more thing, this is it (for now anyway)

flaky actors

I have spent the better part of a year figuring out how to make a movie with no money, I have now shot all but one critical scene, and now the other actor in the scene has decided she doesn't want to come shoot the scene.

Well, one ray of hope is that I've started scripting the next video(which actually may end up being a film!) and I'm tooling 1 or 2 ideas to work with the footage that I have to try and stitch something together (9:30 PM Saturday, Spet. 27, ch. 66 (2 days before my b-day) is the airdate)
 

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Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 07-29-2005, 09:27 AM:
 

It has been 722 days since the last post.

 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 07-29-2005, 09:27 AM:
 

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Things that make you ANGRY!

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I get angry when my job is so boring that I have to bump random topics from 2 years ago, in hopes of pissing someone else off and starting an entertaining argument to make my day go by faster. If this doesnt piss you off, I'll be even more pissed.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-29-2005, 12:28 PM:
 
Nope, doesn't bother me.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 07-29-2005, 01:31 PM:
 
Damn you!!!


 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 07-29-2005, 01:56 PM:
 
Top 5:

-Ignorant management/management that don't care about their building
-Staffers who think they don't have to do their job if no one is looking. Part of the first beef on my list.
-Flickering xenon lamps
-Chevrolet
-Mercedes Benz
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 07-29-2005, 02:07 PM:
 

quote: Jeremy Fuentes

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Damn you!!!

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Hahahaha!
 

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Posted by Dieter Depypere (Member # 3184) on 07-29-2005, 02:21 PM:
 
Um what makes me really angry...

• Kino Radenthein - if I get a print of that one it is *always* crappy
• "technicians" who set the intermittent shoe spacing too narrow (in order to assure the teeth are scratching against the shoe)
• people who think they are god just because they are doctor or something like that
• insects - especially those who sting
• People who won their driving licence in the lottery - should not be allowed to use roads.
• violence
• weapons

There would certainly be more things too...
 

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Posted by Andy Summers (Member # 3207) on 07-30-2005, 12:42 AM:
 
The Odeon in Bournemouth, screen #1 the carpet sticks to my shoes as well it smells too, and I’m sure it’s crawling towards the exit door, for some summer air fragrance.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-30-2005, 01:23 AM:
 
Stupid people.
People that "THINK" they know it all.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-30-2005, 02:32 AM:
 
What about people who "know" they know it all?
 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 07-30-2005, 04:32 AM:
 
-People who think EVERYTHING is $3.50 on bargain tuesday and then argue that the other theater in town (also first run) does every movie for $3.50 on bargain tuesday (they don't).

-People who throw shit at my screens the same week I clean them

-People who think EVERY speaker should have sound on it AT ALL TIMES.

-Adults (they get it from the damn kids) that add sixteen periods to every sentence in an instant message................
 

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Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-30-2005, 05:31 AM:
 
..people who think that their home theatre sound system is "perfectly tuned" and ours at the theatre aren't working correctly..

"Hey! your side speakers aren't working like mine at home do...!!" (Dumbass, didn't anyone tell you that in a dialog scene, only the sound comes from the center channel - not from all speakers like your POS Sony Pro-Logic system puts out..???)

(only if they knew what REALLY when on upstairs..then I think they'd would shut up for a while...)

-Monte
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-30-2005, 08:44 AM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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What about people who "know" they know it all?

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So Joe, You're implying in your post that you know it all..... We already all know that you know it all...... so now we're all relieved that you finally know that you know it all .

Mark
 

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Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 07-30-2005, 09:42 AM:
 
Traffic Lights

Badly Timed Traffic Lights

The idiots that time them badly

The idiots that time them badly on purpose

etc, etc
 

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Posted by Andy Summers (Member # 3207) on 07-30-2005, 10:11 AM:
 
Know it all….

Joe, please can you tell me what a supernova is?

Cheers
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-30-2005, 11:08 AM:
 

quote: Rick Raskin

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Badly Timed Traffic Lights

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Hoo!! Yeah!! I second that one!!

There is a section of road here on Peach Street that's all F-ed up like that! (Brad, that's where you drove through to go to Quaker Steak & Lube.)

The lights are all out of time so people start to try to beat the yellow light. Then the light goes red and they are stuck in the intersection when the light goes green for the other direction. Of course, all the people who had to wait for the idiots who tried to beat the yellow feel cheated so THEY try to beat the yellow light and the cycle starts all over again!

Traffic on this section of Peach Street can be nothing more than a big giant snarl of cars during certain times of the day. The city doesn't seem to be able to do anything about it, nor do they seem to care. I think they are plain ignorant! (Igg-no-ritt!)

I say the solution is two-fold:

1) Retime the lights properly. If they can be syncronized, all's the better. (With today's technology there's no reason EVERY traffic light can't be sync-ed!)

2) Install Red Light Cams! Institute a one month grace period whereby violators simply get a warning via mail and notice that, after a certain date, there will be NO MORE MERCY. After the expiration of the grace period... BAM!! Anybody caught with even one wheel over the white line gets whacked with a summons!

That'll solve the problem!
 

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 07-30-2005, 11:28 AM:
 
Traffic lights ARE synchronized in Louisville. They are synchronized to inconvenience the maximum number of people. (I know it's finally my turn when I see 25 or more cars coming that will have to stop. The I (one car) can go.)

Louis
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-30-2005, 12:09 PM:
 
A supernova is a Chevrolet from 1976 with a cherry paint job and shiny rims.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-30-2005, 12:38 PM:
 
Bugged by traffic lights? Don't come to 'Vegas then. We are the center of the universe when it comes to bad signal timing. The lights here must've been timed by committee--no one person could be that stupid and survive to job-holding age.

People who are loud, stupid, ignorant, flakey, arrogant, aggressive, or mean-spirited or any combination of those provoke the worst reactions in me. One of the reasons I've always liked jobs such as projectionist or pilot is that I can work alone, or with a small number of other people that generally don't grate on my nerves. Being a "team member" these days sucks.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-30-2005, 02:08 PM:
 

quote: Dominic Espinosa

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Adults (they get it from the damn kids) that add sixteen periods to every sentence in an instant message................

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I usually only add three... Does that piss you off?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-30-2005, 02:37 PM:
 

quote: Andy Summers

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Joe, can you tell me what a supernova is?

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quote: Paul Mayer

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Being a "team member" these days sucks.

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quote: Louie

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Traffic lights ARE synchronized in Louisville. They are synchronized to inconvenience the maximum number of people.

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Philly's the same way. Absolutely no one will be coming down the little cross streets - it could be 3 in the morning - yet every couple of lights along the thoroughfares will make you stop. I've got a pretty good panoramic view from the cab of my rig, so sometimes when it's quiet like that, I just say to hell with that light and keep going!

quote: Rach

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I usually only add three... Does that piss you off?

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quote: Dieter Depypere

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People who won their driving licence in the lottery - should not be allowed to use roads.

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If one wins the driver's license lottery in Austria, they don't need to take a test of any sort?
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 07-31-2005, 06:45 PM:
 
YOU KNOW THIS REALLY MAKES ME ANGRY!!

When some freaking idiot calls you all the way to the river chasing a flush when you have check raised him twice and he catchs it...holding 2 3 of clubs...and all over cards on the board....THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF!!


 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 08-01-2005, 02:50 AM:
 

quote: Rachel Gilardi

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I usually only add three... Does that piss you off?

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quote: Jeremy Jorgenson

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If one wins the driver's license lottery in Austria, they don't need to take a test of any sort?

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Of course there is a test to take (much harder than test in the USA as far as I know). "Winning a license in the Lottery" is just a metaphor. Some drivers are real roadhogs - Austrians say then he won his license in the lottery.
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 08-01-2005, 04:19 AM:
 
I HATE......POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, a very popular t-hirt from the 1970's to early -80's was a green "Cousin Itt" poppin the birdie

Badly timed traffic lights AND slow, traffic jamming drivers like WILLIAM PARR!

RUDE cell phone users!

Cheers

K
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-01-2005, 07:22 AM:
 

quote: Dominic Espinosa

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So...I hate people who treat you like a criminal especially when you bought something.

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quote: Dominic Espinosa

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So...I hate people who treat you like a criminal especially when you bought something.

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quote: Evans A Criswell

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Stores that push maintenance or service agreements on practically everything they sell, instead of just the higher priced things. A drone in CompUSA here in Huntsville yesterday tried to sell me a service agreement ON A $14.99 BOX OF 50 CD JEWEL CASES! Does it get any more ridiculous? She began by saying "I'm going to do you a favor on these." and began describing the service agreement and saying it was just a dollar more or something. I told her "You've got to be kidding." but she kept on going, describing why it was such a good idea. I've probably broken less than 20 CD cases in the last 17 years.

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Similar thing happened at Circuit City this week. I bought the Indiana Jones DVD Box Set and was offered a 1 year "scratch protection" insurance policy for like $5. I was so shocked it took a second to answer.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-01-2005, 11:56 PM:
 
The stuff in the above post is so goofy it almost seems made up... but these days, I'll believe almost anything.
 

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Posted by Kelly Skaggs (Member # 1780) on 08-02-2005, 07:24 PM:
 
What pisses me off the most is at Best Buy, when you are there to buy a DVD or CD 15 people will ask if they can help you. If you are there to buy a $1000.00 tv or a computer or somthing high end, you have to hunt them down to get any help. The last computer I bout there was on sell for $400.00 and they kept trying to sell me the extended warrenty for $300.00.

Best Buy
 

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Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 08-02-2005, 08:09 PM:
 
Kelly; Best Buy purchasing technique:
1. Call and get exact closing time.
2. Arrive EXACTLY 18 minutes before closing.
3. Refuse to leave unless someone helps you.
4. Stand firm and ask for manager.
Works every time

The alternative is to be passed off 8-10 times while "I get someone to help you." (and then be multiple upsold for features & service contracts.)

Louis
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-02-2005, 09:04 PM:
 
I am angry at the latest DVD release of Ghostbusters, which costs $13 and includes both movies. I am so angry that I didn't buy it. What am I angry at? The packaging! On the back, it says that Ghostbusters 1 is FULL FRAME 4:3 and Ghostbusters 2 is 2.40:1 widescreen. I'll be damned if the GOOD movie in this collection is in 4:3. To make matters even worse, the special features for Ghostbusters 1 says that it is in widescreen. So which is it, 4:3 or 16:9? I dared not buy it because I don't want to be stuck with a crappy 4:3 version. All packages were marked exactly the same.

I'll just download the DVD from the internet and see for myself. Seriously, I am. Consumers have no rights anymore and I would not be allowed to return the movie for a FULL REFUND if it turned out to be 4:3 on the ambiguously marked packaging. I hope Bill Murray dies from leukemia.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-02-2005, 09:53 PM:
 
Why not just google your answer from some home video review website?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-02-2005, 10:19 PM:
 
Too late. It's in FULL SCREEN! I found out by reading the reviews on Amazon.com. Google takes months to list a site and new keywords. The DVD was released today.

I am perplexed why the studio would offer only a FULL SCREEN version. They must hate people who like Ghostbusters.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-03-2005, 02:24 AM:
 

quote: Joe Redifer

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...perplexed...

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Holy Smokes Joe, what a cool word! I've not heard it in a long time...
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 08-03-2005, 02:33 AM:
 
Diabolical.
 

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Posted by Wolff King Morrow (Member # 2226) on 08-03-2005, 04:55 AM:
 

quote: Kelly Skaggs

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What pisses me off the most is at Best Buy, when you are there to buy a DVD or CD 15 people will ask if they can help you. If you are there to buy a $1000.00 tv or a computer or somthing high end, you have to hunt them down to get any help. The last computer I bout there was on sell for $400.00 and they kept trying to sell me the extended warrenty for $300.00.

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quote:

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I am perplexed why the studio would offer only FULL SCREEN version.

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Columbia Home Video has re-released many of their catalog titles now only in Full Screen versions.
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 08-03-2005, 02:52 PM:
 
The Ghostbusters thing was a misprint- both movies are widescreen. It still sucks though because it doesn't have the graphics of the guys sitting in front of the screen doing the commentary which is on the old disc.

Columbia makes me angry though- they have reissued a lot of titles with only the pan and scan versions when they previously had both on the same disc. They even did a "Special Edition" of Annie with DTS sound, but in pan & scan! I hope Benjamin Feingold (the president of the company) dies of lukemia.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-03-2005, 05:17 PM:
 
So Jesse, you personally own the new Ghostbusters package yourself and can personally say that they are in anamorphic widescreen? Would you be willing to bet Mike Heenan's life on it?
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 08-04-2005, 02:03 PM:
 
No, I didn't buy the new set as I already have the old discs. I wouldn't bet anyone's life on it, but everything I've read says both movies are in the correct aspect ratio.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-04-2005, 02:10 PM:
 
Have any links you could provide, please?
 

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Posted by Mark Lippert (Member # 2573) on 08-04-2005, 03:11 PM:
 
A couple reviewers on Amazon mention the aspect ratio confusion printed on the box and verify that the disc are both indeed widescreen.
 

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 08-10-2005, 02:53 PM:
 
Columbia Home video's PSP release of "Ghostbusters" is labeled 1.78 anamorphic.

At Bestbuy here in NYC, they have most of the single disc SUPERBIT discs selling at $9.99.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-10-2005, 04:22 PM:
 
Oooooo Superbit! That must be EXTRA special!
 

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Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 08-10-2005, 04:32 PM:
 
Is anyone actually buying those PSP movies? Where I work, I've only seen one person order one, and they sent it back because they thought it was a regular DVD. I don't see the point of paying roughly the same price as a DVD for something you can only play on a small portable device. Maybe if it at least had A/V outputs to hook up to a regular TV.

Anyways, back to things that make me angry:

4x3 pan & scan movies, and their being incorrectly labeled as "Fullscreen"- also people who buy them

People who have made the moviegoing experience what it is today- this includes those in charge of theaters who don't give a crap about the actual movie, and customers who come in late and leave early while repeating every line of dialogue on their cellphones. Actually, cellphones in general make me angry.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-10-2005, 07:03 PM:
 
Stupid kids playing "hacky sack" outside the theatre and then one of them coming in to request me to go onto the roof to get his frickin' shoe. No shit - happened last night. That made me angry.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-10-2005, 07:10 PM:
 
I bet he was angry when you told him "no".
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-10-2005, 07:27 PM:
 
Gosh Mike... what a hard-ass! Give the kid a break! At least he asked you and wasn't skate boarding down your railings or something!

Weren't you a kid at some point?
 

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Posted by Betsie Beadling (Member # 591) on 08-10-2005, 08:02 PM:
 
What Makes me angry is having
to Clean and scrub my Bathroom floor,
scrub the Toilet and then the Bathtub
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 08-10-2005, 08:02 PM:
 
I remember when I was in grade school, I used to kick the soccer ball on the roof all the time (not on purpose if I remember correctly). There was a janitor/custodial guy who'd always get it, I remember running into him at a gas station about 5 or 6 years later, he remembered me from having to go up there all the time, and we had a nice laugh about that. At least they were just playing hacky sack, rather than spraying graffiti on your walls!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-10-2005, 08:56 PM:
 

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Gosh Mike... what a hard-ass! Give the kid a break!

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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Hey, I did...I went up and got his frickin' shoe.

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Well ya didn't say that part in your post! Ummm... so quit yur bitchin'...it comes with the territory!

You're a nice guy and a credit to the human race... I take back all the bad things I said about you in the last 3 years... even the stuff I said behind your back.

HUGS!

[ 08-11-2005, 03:29 AM: Message edited by: Phil Hill ]
 

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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 10-17-2005, 01:22 PM:
 
Columbia has now changed the aspect ratio mistake on the "Ghostbusters 1 & 2" double disc gift set boxes. It now states that one film is 2.35 and the other is 2.40 ratios. But they still forgot to say on the outer box that it is anamorphic widescreen.
 

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