JohnnyU
Footballguy
Doesn't anyone just order regular coffee anymore? They hold up the line ordering these drinks that have very little coffee in them.
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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (6 Viewers)
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offdee
Footballguy
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I know HOAs get a bad rap, but this is the kind of situation where I'm glad to have one. People shouldn't be routinely parking on the streets, and in particular they need to find someplace to put their trailer and outdoor equipment. It's one thing when you have family visiting from out of town and you have a few extra cars that can't all fit on your driveway. It's another thing when you just don't have your #### together.
belljr
Footballguy
hell no.... As Ivan mentioned above....
I mean if its an occasional thing like going to use it this weekend and getting it ready sure..... but all the time nope.
My neighbor across the street used to park in front of my house and it drove me insane
belljr
Footballguy
It depends on 1 is a zipper merge or not.
Assuming not a zipper 1 still worse than 2
arrow1
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
It only bugs me if their space is still open.hell no.... As Ivan mentioned above....
I mean if its an occasional thing like going to use it this weekend and getting it ready sure..... but all the time nope.
My neighbor across the street used to park in front of my house and it drove me insane
belljr
Footballguy
jhib
Footballguy
I don't see the problem with this. I often drive with my brights on at night, as long as there isn't someone in front of me or approaching in the other direction.
How about people who act like they don't know what you obviously really mean when you say something that could be taken a different way?
Those people are really annoying.
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Dezbelief
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JohnnyU
Footballguy
Read a story a few years ago where a guy flashed his lights on an oncoming car because he thought that car had their bright lights on, but didn't. That oncoming car was a cop and he pulled the guy over. Then somehow there was a confrontation and the guy who flashed his lights went after the cop's gun. There was a scuffle and the cop ended up shooting him dead. Moral of the story, don't flash your lights at another car.
bigbottom
Footballguy
belljr said:
Yeah not a Zipper merge. See, I’m torn. Obviously #1 is a jerk, and that of course annoys me. #2 isn’t a jerk at all, but they are enabling the jerk. #1 would happen a whole lot less often if the rest of us who follow basic protocol banded together to ensure that the #1s of the world were not rewarded for their jerky behavior. So ultimately I find myself working to thwart #1, but it’s #2 that probably ends up irking me more (and, yes, particularly so if they are letting in multiple cars).
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belljr
Footballguy
Make no mistake #2 is not off the hook - im just more annoyed with jerk #1.....
I used to joke I wish I was filthy rich because then I would teach people "valuable road lessons" and not care about the cost of tickets, repairs etc You want to try to make the turn after it was already red and we have a green light - meet my bumper
Osaurus
Footballguy
Nay. Neighbors have 4 cars and constantly jockey them around and park in front of my house all the time. They also used to use my driveway as their own turn around leaving tread marks all over my sidewalk/bonnet. I think they got the hint about not doing it when I put green traffic cones across my bonnet. They still park in front of my house all the time though. It’s annoying.
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dino259
Footballguy
If there is that big of a line of cars in 1 lane and not the other, it sounds like it should turn into or should have already turned into a zipper merge.
belljr
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
#1 is 100% to blame.
Emotionally I feel like you do about #2, but the last thing you want to do is create an accident just to be right or to prove a point. Better to let someone in who is a jerk than to play police officer and someone gets hurt or major property damage occurs.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
It’s all the time and irritates the f out of me.hell no.... As Ivan mentioned above....
I mean if its an occasional thing like going to use it this weekend and getting it ready sure..... but all the time nope.
My neighbor across the street used to park in front of my house and it drove me insane
Tbh, having cycled for years and almost getting the “door prize” on multiple occasions, I don’t like street parking period. I guess it’s ok in cities, but this is the suburbs and he has a two car garage. I’m not sure what that’s being used for, but it’s likely storage for other cr@p.
Mailmen must really get pissed when they can’t access mailboxes blocked by parked vehicles. But it’s not against the law, so there’s not really much I can do.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Don’t ever drive in HI.bigbottom said:
Although it’s becoming more and more like the continental US, “island style” is extremely deferential. In general, people allow merging regardless of the circumstances, including occasional abrupt stops on busy thoroughfares to let vehicles in from a side street.
Osaurus
Footballguy
It’s the area between the curb and the street side of the sidewalk.
ETA: The English call the car hood a bonnet as well.
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bigbottom
Footballguy
Yes. I think I mentioned that in the original post.
Edit: I said “exiting” but meant exit ramp.
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ChiefD
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Bingo. HOAs can be a pain but it's nice not to have to deal with a trailer or a boat parked in my neighborhood. Shoot, our HOA will send out a nasty gram for too many weeds in your front yard.
offdee
Footballguy
People who wall mount TVs too high unnecessarily.
I get when it's over a fireplace mantle...not much you can do there. But when it's just on a blank wall and it's hung 8 ft high and extreme angled down, just annoys me. Hang it where it's supposed to be at roughly eye level when sitting on the couch/chair.
On a similar note...people who hang art too high. Rule of thumb is to have the top third of the piece (just above center) be 5 ft (60") from the floor.
I get when it's over a fireplace mantle...not much you can do there. But when it's just on a blank wall and it's hung 8 ft high and extreme angled down, just annoys me. Hang it where it's supposed to be at roughly eye level when sitting on the couch/chair.
On a similar note...people who hang art too high. Rule of thumb is to have the top third of the piece (just above center) be 5 ft (60") from the floor.
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mr. furley
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
The first part is a big peeve of mine. I don't want to stare up at the ceiling. Just hang the TV where we can all watch it. And not scrinched up in a corner, either.offdee said:
But hanging art that low means I'd have to have an eyeball in my navel to see it. The height I hang it at is determined by the size of the piece, it's location, and the context. I'm 5'8", which is a good average height to go with. I usually place the art so that the top third line is at about my eye level, but it does vary. Also, we have ten foot ceilings. Art hung too low would look very silly.
offdee
Footballguy
I think you're agreeing with me, without even realizing it. I wrote: Rule of thumb is to have the top third of the piece be 5 ft (60") from the floor. If you're 5'8", then your eye level for the top third of the piece is right around 60" (5 ft)
Nobody goes right up next to any art 6 inches from your nose to view it, so the eyeball at your naval comment doesn't work....you're always at a distance, sitting on chair/couch which is what makes the 60" from floor appropriate. I'm 6'2" and have all my art hung at the appropriate height and can view all perfectly.
And it also doesn't matter how high your ceilings are...the 60" from floor rule still applies and actually helps accentuate tall ceilings which is a desirable design aesthetic. By hanging art higher just because you have the ceiling height is basically contradicting your previous agreement about hanging TV's too high being a pet peeve.
**IMPORTANT NOTE** So, no confusion, the 60" from the floor rule is NOT for the top of the art....it's the middle of the top third quadrant (so just above the center point)
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
First week in NYC (1999), stop by what would become my regular bodega. In line waiting to order my bagel in coffee. In my mind, this is like Soup Nazi in Seinfeld: out the order in, slide to the left toward the cashier. The two guys in front of me order “coffee regular.” Got it!
My expectation: black coffee
My reality: only in New York, coffee regular means a bunch of milk and 2-3 healing teaspoons of sugar. What the af.
Didn’t make that mistake again.
mr. furley
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
When I got here in 86, that was called "sweet and light". "Black", "sweet", "light" we're the options. But you went for either of those last two at your own peril...as you say- the sugar dispenser would pour endlessly and they'd leave half the cup for the milk and sugarFirst week in NYC (1999), stop by what would become my regular bodega. In line waiting to order my bagel in coffee. In my mind, this is like Soup Nazi in Seinfeld: out the order in, slide to the left toward the cashier. The two guys in front of me order “coffee regular.” Got it!
My expectation: black coffee
My reality: only in New York, coffee regular means a bunch of milk and 2-3 healing teaspoons of sugar. What the af.
Didn’t make that mistake again.
Yeah...I was taught in arch school 5'-2" was our standard for eye level...at that point for window heights with same rationale.
Finding spots for art in homes is part of my job- My 1% of the 1% residential clients are literal collectors (like, have their own actual museums to hang some of their massive collections of stuff that scares me to be too close to) and my most successful boss (this guy) told me more than once- you think we make our money on "this stuff" (pointing to the gajillion dollar houses I was working on)....no- it's "that stuff" (pointing to his own massive collection of art in the office he bought and sold) .
As a standard, you guys are both saying the same thing and are both right- top third at eye level. Some times the actual artist may want a piece hung a specific way, and typically we get art consultant/hangers who combine pieces to put some lower or higher. Ceiling heights are irrelevant in the equation for single pieces, other than providing the opportunity to size up and allowing easier vertical stacking for multiple.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Why a “regular coffee” means coffee with cream and sugar
(aka coffee regular depending on which neighborhood)
This has been explained to me scores of times. Still doesn’t make sense to my Midwestern mind.
El Floppo
Footballguy
sweet and light must been a morningside heights bodega/coffee cart thing.
eta: or maybe it just shifted over time to "regular"
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Oh, I’ve heard sweet & light used.
FiDi & Brooklyn Heights/Boerum Hill/Cobble Hill were overwhelmingly “coffee regular” places.
In bodegas. When we still had them. Both of the local places which were my corner of the block go-to places for a decade are gone. Replaced by an Aussie pottery store and a trust fund kid with their own clothing label.
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Parrothead
Footballguy
"Gross is when you go to kiss your grandpa goodnight and he sticks his tongue down your throat- THAT'S gross!"
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El Floppo
Footballguy
oh... floppinho and I are out in SF to visit my mom. as punishment, she took us to the ballet where she's a regular and knows all the people who sit around her. started talking to another old couple- asked where he grew up... "a quiet part of NY". I was thinking upstate somewhere like the Finger Lakes- "Manhattan Beach". That's where you are, right?
what's Layne-ita's plan for HS?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I got that. It is way too low. I have that line at about 5'6", depending on furniture placement and other factors.
At least things aren't all lined up so the tops are at the same level. Mr R had an odd idea that way.
offdee
Footballguy
offdee
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
i've been here my whole life, imported coffee for 30 some odd years, been in and outta thousands of bodegas & cafes over the past 45+ years ... and i never once heard "sweet & light" - never.
it's "light & sweet", and, if you think that's nipicking, then ya just don't know.
btw, do yourselves a favor and grab a con leche some day soon.
ChiefD
Footballguy
This drives me nuts. Everytime I see this in someones house I just want to grab a fish tape from my toolbox and hide that #### in the wall via a junction box down low.
