Can we discuss pet peeves here? (3 Viewers)

[Leroy Hoard]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve or not but my god, is there anything more ridiculous than REALTOR® or whatever they call themselves head shots? It's like they're all pretending to audition for a part in Dallas or Falcon Crest. Get over yourself. You help people sell or buy houses.

Do they still pronounce it RE-AL-TOR? I seem to remember such a phase.

 

[TheBaylorKid]

How my boss punctuates most sentences in MS Teams…

He even does it some in emails…

I’m not sure why he does this…

Even talked to him about how I end up waiting for him to finish his thoughts…

Wow…

This is me...

ETA: Do you work for me?

We talked about this…

How I’d get more done if I wasn’t waiting on you to finish your thoughts…

Have a good weekend…

 

[wlwiles]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve or not but my god, is there anything more ridiculous than REALTOR® or whatever they call themselves head shots? It's like they're all pretending to audition for a part in Dallas or Falcon Crest. Get over yourself. You help people sell or buy houses.

Do they still pronounce it RE-AL-TOR? I seem to remember such a phase.

People pronouncing realtor as REAL-UH-TOR is as peevy to me as when people pronounce nuclear as NUKE-YOU-LER

 

[mr. furley]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve or not but my god, is there anything more ridiculous than REALTOR® or whatever they call themselves head shots? It's like they're all pretending to audition for a part in Dallas or Falcon Crest. Get over yourself. You help people sell or buy houses.

Do they still pronounce it RE-AL-TOR? I seem to remember such a phase.

People pronouncing realtor as REAL-UH-TOR is as peevy to me as when people pronounce nuclear as NUKE-YOU-LER

whither @nuculeargeorge

 

[nirad3]

How my boss punctuates most sentences in MS Teams…

He even does it some in emails…

I’m not sure why he does this…

Even talked to him about how I end up waiting for him to finish his thoughts…

Wow…

This is me...

ETA: Do you work for me?

We talked about this…

How I’d get more done if I wasn’t waiting on you to finish your thoughts…

Have a good weekend…

...

 

[Dezbelief]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve or not but my god, is there anything more ridiculous than REALTOR® or whatever they call themselves head shots? It's like they're all pretending to audition for a part in Dallas or Falcon Crest. Get over yourself. You help people sell or buy houses.

I was a realtor at one point. I was naked from the waist down for my pic.

The purest way to exude confidence in your head shot. Nice.

It brought me great joy everytime I handed one out

I'm never going to look at one of those cards the same again.

 

[BeTheMatch]

this is gonna be pretty niche but it's driving me crazy. maybe some of the the SE WI guys will know what i'm talking about.

there's a guy on sports radio out of Milwaukee that unnecessarily adds the word "on" in sentences. it's so petty and minor but it drives me insane.

My MIL does this with the word "then" at the end of sentences. Example: "Well, I'm going to go take a shower, then". Or "What should we do for dinner, then?" I think this is a mid-west thing, but I'm not sure, then.

Ope

 

[BeTheMatch]

People who send like five separate texts in under a minute when they could just combine the thoughts into one text message

Android limits my characters

But I'm talking something like
"Hi jhib"
"That is great"
"Thank you"
"Jim said it went well today"
"Would you be able to do tomorrow too?"

seems fine to me

Well, it's a good thing I didn't try to pass if off as one of your pet peeves then.

Seriously though, there's no reason that couldn't have been two texts max instead of coming in one after another separately like that. It doesn't bother me much when my phone is on do not disturb/mute, but there are times I need notification sounds on. It's even more annoying when coming in through the car when driving.

This wouldn't solve the problem you're describing, but I recommend that everyone go through their phone's notification settings and, for each app, ask if they really need to be notified or if it's just a way for the app developer to drive engagement. Text messages, sure. If your spouse is texting you that they're trapped at the bottom of a well, you need to know that right away. But, for example, do you really need your phone to buzz with news that the Bears' backup punter has a hangnail and may be forced to miss OTAs?

Actually, now that I think of it, that is a pet peeve. I've found Fantasy Life is the best app for breaking alerts, but even though they helpfully categorize Major and Minor alerts, they don't appear to allow you to set different notification preferences based on that. I want to know right away if CMC tore his Achilles, but the news that the Niners signed Heywood Jabloughmie to a futures contract can wait (Oh, who am I kidding? If someone with that name ever made it onto an NFL roster, I'd totally want to know ASAP)

Speak for yourself

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

How my boss punctuates most sentences in MS Teams…

He even does it some in emails…

I’m not sure why he does this…

Even talked to him about how I end up waiting for him to finish his thoughts…

Wow…

I feel ya...
My boss is the "Mad Quoter". She "air quotes" all the "time". In emails and "messages" my eyes bleed and when she does it "live" I want to slap her "hands".
She also likes to red ! most emails thereby rendering them all so not important.
grrrr......

Have you tried anonymously sending her this link, er, "link"?

The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

misinterpreting bad punctuation since 2005

www.unnecessaryquotes.com

Site recommened. I've known of it for years. The commentary is worthwhile. It's professional level sarcasm at its finest.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

How my boss punctuates most sentences in MS Teams…

He even does it some in emails…

I’m not sure why he does this…

Even talked to him about how I end up waiting for him to finish his thoughts…

Wow…

This is me...

ETA: Do you work for me?

We talked about this…

How I’d get more done if I wasn’t waiting on you to finish your thoughts…

Have a good weekend…

...

Just stop, already.

 

[TheBaylorKid]

How my boss punctuates most sentences in MS Teams…

He even does it some in emails…

I’m not sure why he does this…

Even talked to him about how I end up waiting for him to finish his thoughts…

Wow…

This is me...

ETA: Do you work for me?

We talked about this…

How I’d get more done if I wasn’t waiting on you to finish your thoughts…

Have a good weekend…

...

Just stop, already.

I hate reducing things to boomer verses millennials, I’m tail end Gen X, but this captures the some of the thoughts about excessive usage of ellipses. I’ve moved on and ignore his habit. I’ll move on before this turns into an ice cream like discussion…

The Ellipsis is Widening the Gap Between Millennials and Boomers. Here’s Why

The people of TikTok have taken aim at older adults for a particular grammatical choice: their puzzling use—and overuse—of the ellipsis. Here's why the Boomer-beloved punctuation is causing so much confusion.

www.purewow.com

To Millennials, the three dots are a punctuational bridge to nowhere, signaling hesitation, trailing off or—at worst—passive aggression. “I can’t wait to see your presentation…” suggests a continuation the writer is thinking, but won’t actually come forward with, like, “…because it’s sure to be a disaster.”

Clearly, letting your reader fill in the blanks does more harm than good. “If you’re constantly assuming your boss is sending you messages with something left unsaid, you’re going to think, ‘Is my boss mad at me?,’ whereas your boss is just trying to be informal and relaxed,” says McCulloch. The ellipsis? Relaxed?

 

[the moops]

...

 

[El Floppo]

I use the dots all the time,and I know their use is grammatically incorrect. But never to end a thought, unless my intention is to...

 

[FarFromHome]

I use the dots all the time,and I know their use is grammatically incorrect. But never to end a thought, unless my intention is to...

For a brief period in my life I used the dots very frequently... I didn't use them for grammar, but to add some punch to period...seems silly now... I went through a time where I thought I was better then everyone....seems annoying now though....

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Imagine if SWC started typing

take that to the bank brohans…

 

[Terminalxylem]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

 

[arrow1]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

I stand by my love of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla and will have some for lunch to celebrate its deliciousness.

 

[General Malaise]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

I stand by my love of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla and will have some for lunch to celebrate its deliciousness.

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

 

[General Malaise]

Obsessive compulsive hand washers.

 

[Drunken knight]

Monk would be proud

 

[nirad3]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

 

[Scoresman]

On the topic of left turns, at lights were there is no specific turn lane or arrow. People at the front of the line who dont creep up into the intersection while waiting to make their turn. It means the difference between another car making the turn before the light turns red.

 

[the moops]

On the topic of left turns, at lights were there is no specific turn lane or arrow. People at the front of the line who dont creep up into the intersection while waiting to make their turn. It means the difference between another car making the turn before the light turns red.

The worst

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

Tillamook is the new Breyers - overrated, too bland, too airy, and too gummy.

white trash premium.

 

[Terminalxylem]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

I stand by my love of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla and will have some for lunch to celebrate its deliciousness.

Irrational loyalty was a big part of the documentary. And Listeria infects the brain.

 

[General Malaise]

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

Tillamook is the new Breyers - overrated, too bland, too airy, and too gummy.

white trash premium.

WRONG

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

Tillamook is the new Breyers - overrated, too bland, too airy, and too gummy.

white trash premium.

WRONG

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

using these two as a litmus test for quality is like asking Donald Trump for menu suggestions.

Link has the palette of a backwoods holler 3rd grader and Rhett eats anything.

 

[General Malaise]

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

Tillamook is the new Breyers - overrated, too bland, too airy, and too gummy.

white trash premium.

WRONG

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

using these two as a litmus test for quality is like asking Donald Trump for menu suggestions.

Link has the palette of a backwoods holler 3rd grader and Rhett eats anything.

OH YEAH WELL I SLEPT WITH YOUR WIFE!

 

[Snoopy]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

Became common a decade ago. But did not catch on in all states yet.

 

[nirad3]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

Became common a decade ago. But did not catch on in all states yet.

I travel a good bit for work and I think this was the first I ever saw of it. It was awesome, probably saved me a good 10 minutes on my drive from project site back to hotel.

 

[belljr]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

Became common a decade ago. But did not catch on in all states yet.

I travel a good bit for work and I think this was the first I ever saw of it. It was awesome, probably saved me a good 10 minutes on my drive from project site back to hotel.

I'll really blow your mind.....here we have 2 types of left turn arrows. Ones that turn green then go yellow red while straight is green.

We then have some that after the straight light turns green the left arrow disappears so it's left turn on your own, similar to blinking yellow

 

[Snoopy]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

Became common a decade ago. But did not catch on in all states yet.

I travel a good bit for work and I think this was the first I ever saw of it. It was awesome, probably saved me a good 10 minutes on my drive from project site back to hotel.

I'll really blow your mind.....here we have 2 types of left turn arrows. Ones that turn green then go yellow red while straight is green.

We then have some that after the straight light turns green the left arrow disappears so it's left turn on your own, similar to blinking yellow

Former is turn allowed on green arrow only, latter is the precursor to the flashing yellow arrow and is still an option instead of it.

 

[belljr]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

Became common a decade ago. But did not catch on in all states yet.

I travel a good bit for work and I think this was the first I ever saw of it. It was awesome, probably saved me a good 10 minutes on my drive from project site back to hotel.

I'll really blow your mind.....here we have 2 types of left turn arrows. Ones that turn green then go yellow red while straight is green.

We then have some that after the straight light turns green the left arrow disappears so it's left turn on your own, similar to blinking yellow

Former is turn allowed on green arrow only, latter is the precursor to the flashing yellow arrow and is still an option instead of it.

Correct but we always had that since I've been driving.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Obsessive compulsive hand washers.

Threads that start out interesting and then degenerate into discussions of obsessive compulsive hand washing.

 

[dino259]

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

Tillamook is the new Breyers - overrated, too bland, too airy, and too gummy.

white trash premium.

WRONG

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

using these two as a litmus test for quality is like asking Donald Trump for menu suggestions.

Link has the palette of a backwoods holler 3rd grader and Rhett eats anything.

OH YEAH WELL I SLEPT WITH YOUR WIFE!

She's in a coma.

 

[El Floppo]

Tillamook >>>>>> Blue Bell. Plus, Tillamook doesn't kill people making ice cream.

Tillamook is the new Breyers - overrated, too bland, too airy, and too gummy.

white trash premium.

WRONG

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

using these two as a litmus test for quality is like asking Donald Trump for menu suggestions.

Link has the palette of a backwoods holler 3rd grader and Rhett eats anything.

OH YEAH WELL I SLEPT WITH YOUR WIFE!

She's in a coma.

Go on...

 

[the moops]

The climbing gym I go to has a ridiculously crowded parking lot. Like if you come at the wrong time you can circle around for 10 minutes and not find a spot. Everyone that goes to this place knows this.

So random guy, when you walk out of the gym and a car is following you, and you get in your car and start it, yet ****ing sit there for 10 minutes doing whatever, you are the worst. Pull out and make your phone call somewhere else. Or at the very least waive me off when I am following you and just tell me that you aren’t leaving yet.

 

[General Malaise]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

 

[the moops]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

I am literally talking about just any parking space. I have given up hope of getting a good spot. There are like 30 fewer spots than probably what they need, so people circle around just looking for any spot

 

[General Malaise]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

I am literally talking about just any parking space. I have given up hope of getting a good spot. There are like 30 fewer spots than probably what they need, so people circle around just looking for any spot

You can't park down the street and walk?

 

[parasaurolophus]

You can't park down the street and walk?

Dont turn to the dark side GM.

Let the man bun vent. Even though he wouldnt afford you the same privilege.

 

[the moops]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

I am literally talking about just any parking space. I have given up hope of getting a good spot. There are like 30 fewer spots than probably what they need, so people circle around just looking for any spot

You can't park down the street and walk?

Nope. No on street parking. Thanks for your concern though

 

[MTskibum]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

I took my wife to the factory when we were dating since it is outside the houston area. I don't get the devotion, people love it but it is no different than other major icecream brands to me.

 

[General Malaise]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

I am literally talking about just any parking space. I have given up hope of getting a good spot. There are like 30 fewer spots than probably what they need, so people circle around just looking for any spot

You can't park down the street and walk?

Nope. No on street parking. Thanks for your concern though

I see. Well, best of luck to you going forward.

 

[General Malaise]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

I took my wife to the factory when we were dating since it is outside the houston area. I don't get the devotion, people love it but it is no different than other major icecream brands to me.

People in Texas are........different.

 

[MTskibum]

Left turn arrows that turn green when no one is in the turn lane. Everyone else has a red light.

I was in suburban Atlanta a couple weeks ago and noticed that they have "flashing yellow" left turn signals. They do turn green, too, which obviously means you can go.... but they don't make you sit around and wait for the next green to go. If it's flashing yellow and safe to turn, you can go. I wish they did that everywhere.

Became common a decade ago. But did not catch on in all states yet.

I travel a good bit for work and I think this was the first I ever saw of it. It was awesome, probably saved me a good 10 minutes on my drive from project site back to hotel.

I thought that was the norm, i grew up in wyoming/montana and every left turn arrow either turned blinking yellow or turned off to indicate you could turn. I never saw a red turn arrow until i moved to texas.

 

[the moops]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

I am literally talking about just any parking space. I have given up hope of getting a good spot. There are like 30 fewer spots than probably what they need, so people circle around just looking for any spot

You can't park down the street and walk?

Nope. No on street parking. Thanks for your concern though

I see. Well, best of luck to you going forward.

Thank you. Can you now just admit that the people that refuse to back out of their spot in a timely manner are the worst?

 

[Terminalxylem]

due to the "ice cream chat" conversation, I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the BEST AND CLOSEST THING TO REAL HOMEMADE ice cream I have ever had.

BLUE BELL HOMEMADE VANILLA

If your family made hand-cranked homemade ice cream (we had one of these bad boys - and had to take turns cranking that beech - really tough toward the end) on rare occasions in the summer as my family did - it was really special. And we were almost always able to talk my mom out of putting those GD peaches in it - we wanted straight vanilla man!!!

if you have never had REAL homemade ice cream, do yourself a favor and do it - it's great fun for the family and very special ...brings back such great memories - and it's even better the next day.

I love all kinds of fancy flavors - and there are some awesome custom and expensive places like Jeni's that I love ...still extremely bitter about them never bringing back "Bangkok Peanut" flavor

"Opening the pint, the honey peanut butter base has the expected orange color. Lots of the shredded coconut is available as well. Digging in the peanut butter ice cream is quite good. Sometimes peanut butter ice cream can be thick and heavy, but mixing it with honey does a good job of brightening it up a bit. I liked it. The shredded coconut adds quite a bit of texture to the pint. The coconut flavor it provides is not too strong. It goes with the peanut butter well. I did not notice the cayenne pepper right away but it was something that slowly built up as I ate several spoonfuls. Jeni's website descriptions often talk about the 'finish' of an ice cream flavor. That sounds like what is happening with the cayenne pepper here. I liked this effect. The spice did not distract from the flavor while I was eating it, but I noticed it later."

my mom still has that old hand-crank and bucket ...looks just like it.

based in TX, Blue Bell is only sold in 23 states - mostly in the South.

This Blue Bell?

There was a decent documentary detailing the company’s negligence, called We All Scream:

Four people die from a listeria outbreak after Blue Bell Ice Cream refuses to pull its product from the shelves. But Texans stand by their brand with almost cult-like devotion.

ETA I see @Osaurus covered it.

I took my wife to the factory when we were dating since it is outside the houston area. I don't get the devotion, people love it but it is no different than other major icecream brands to me.

Definitely mediocre ice cream. But even average ice cream is tasty.

I just can’t get over how willingly people look the other way, in the face of egregious, intentional neglect of public health. Old habits die hard, I guess.

 

[Scoresman]

People that insist on getting a great parking spot to get some physical exercise at a gym.

I am literally talking about just any parking space. I have given up hope of getting a good spot. There are like 30 fewer spots than probably what they need, so people circle around just looking for any spot

You can't park down the street and walk?

Nope. No on street parking. Thanks for your concern though

I see. Well, best of luck to you going forward.

Thank you. Can you now just admit that the people that refuse to back out of their spot in a timely manner are the worst?

I think the hand wave to let the person know you aren't leaving is polite, but just because someone gets into their car doesn't mean they are leaving right away. They might be waiting for their wife, maybe forgot something in their car, needed to take an important call or finish one before driving, who knows. But yeah, the hand wave to let a person know you aren't leaving is standard courtesy.

In my young days when I was a jerk, my friends and I used to troll people in busy lots. If someone was following me trying to get my spot, I'd cut in between cars to the next row of spots, then cut back once the car(s) scrambled to catch up to me.