Things everyone should know, but somehow they don't. (1 Viewer)

[sbonomo]

had two cars go through a 4-way stop on me over lunch today. 

car to my right waiting as i rolled up. i stop. car to my right proceeds through, he's halfway through the intersection, i let off the brake to get rolling and the 2nd car in line to my right decides he'll just go on ahead and punch the gas to cut me off.

fun 

you need to t-bone that guy out of principle......I drive a large SUV with a ton of insurance so that would never fly - 

 

[IC FBGCav]

If you can tie shoes, you can tie a bow tie.  Think shorter laces.

I use a double loop to tie my shoes.

 

[RokNRole]

I use a double loop to tie my shoes.

Velcro down?

 

[fatness]

Velcro down?

Doesn't work for long. The feathers get stuck in it.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Merging. Noone can merge anymore at the top of a highway ramp.

JUST STEP ON THE FN GAS!!!!!

 

[Jackstraw]

Are the pedals reversed?

No. 

 

[TakiToki]

Usually trust the guy who's been licensed in a jurisdiction for decades over a google search.

I appreciate that you said "usually", and I would certainly trust you, as I can tell from your posting that you're obviously a sharp guy. But as a programmer that has worked in heavily-lawyered industries (mortgage lending, bankruptcy and currently insurance), I have run into more than my fair share of experienced dolts. Without any knowledge about a given attorney, I'd probably go with the google search.

 

[Zow]

Stopping two car-lengths behind someone at a red light and then creeping up to the appropriate distance over the next minute serves no real purpose other than to let other drivers know your lips move when you read.

 

[Zow]

Our lawyer notarized documents we mailed to her

I would never do this. 

 

[Super King]

Merging. Noone can merge anymore at the top of a highway ramp.

JUST STEP ON THE FN GAS!!!!!

Yes... I'm usually going 45-50 by the time I'm about to enter the highway. ####... There's a ramp to the I-190 that is probably 1000 ft, straight, downhill. I'm going 70 by the time I merge

 

[Ilov80s]

How to write out a check.

Not sure people under 25 know how.

 I think I wrote maybe 3 checks in my life. What's the point of those things anyway?

 

[Ilov80s]

Yes... I'm usually going 45-50 by the time I'm about to enter the highway. ####... There's a ramp to the I-190 that is probably 1000 ft, straight, downhill. I'm going 70 by the time I merge

#### I'm at least going 70 by the time I am off the ramp, I'm ready to join traffic.

 

[Brony]

The dose makes the poison.   Wish more people understood this. 

 

[Sand]

Yes... I'm usually going 45-50 by the time I'm about to enter the highway. ####... There's a ramp to the I-190 that is probably 1000 ft, straight, downhill. I'm going 70 by the time I merge

As a corollary the people who slow down to 40 before getting off on a long, empty off ramp are just as infuriating.  You know you can actually exit the interstate at 70 and have tons of road to slow down, right, dip####?

How to drive a stick (pretty high bar there maybe, but at least conceptually). 

How to back up a trailer/boat.  

 

[Sand]

 I think I wrote maybe 3 checks in my life. What's the point of those things anyway?

To put you in a murderous rage when the lady in front of you at the grocery needs to pay that way.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Did anyone say "drive a stick" yet? 

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

Did anyone say "drive a stick" yet? 

It's fine by me that this is a somewhat dying skill.  I've got a stick and I'm sure the odds of someone trying to steal it go down every year.

 

[sbonomo]

It's fine by me that this is a somewhat dying skill.  I've got a stick and I'm sure the odds of someone trying to steal it go down every year.

My race car is a stick - The first and usually second heat i am a rookie again.  By the end of the day i am back in the saddle though.  To heck with a stick in any decent size city, way too much work. 

ETA:  any one that wants lessons in SO CAL is welcome to come and try it out.  By me a beer and i will laugh my ### off while you try to figure out the race clutch  

 

[mr roboto]

Mine does--and changing it would be easy if it didn't take a frigging mechanic to actually get to the spare that is mounted in an impossible to reach area deep in the undercarriage of the rear of the car.   Needless to say--I'll be phoning AAA should I ever need to use it.  

This. Many of them drop from underneath the car now. I had to change a tire on our Sienna in a ####### snow storm and crawl under the car to drag the ####### spare out from underneath it. 

 

[fatness]

How to drive a stick (pretty high bar there maybe, but at least conceptually). 

How to back up a trailer/boat.  

Have to agree with both of these.

 

[Riversco]

Its amazing people dont know that driving takes years off your life because of all the road rage and complaining about other drivers. 

 

[Politician Spock]

To put you in a murderous rage when the lady in front of you at the grocery needs to pay that way.

She doesn't need to pay that way. 

 

[-fish-]

How to back up a trailer/boat.  

No way.  Too much entertainment in watching people at the boat launch.  We used to fish in the early morning and be back by 10 am.  Then we'd sit in lawn chairs off the side of the launch, drink beer and watch the disasters happen.    

 

[The General]

Tap a keg.

 

[sbonomo]

This. Many of them drop from underneath the car now. I had to change a tire on our Sienna in a ####### snow storm and crawl under the car to drag the ####### spare out from underneath it. 

That is your punishment for driving a Sienna.   On the bright-side at least you know how to change a tire. and it sounds like you saved your family some heart ache.  I can't tell you how many times i have pulled over to help some one out.  Girls, generally speaking, have zero clue.  Guys that don't know how to do this just amaze me.  

 

[tommyboy]

use a crosswalk

 

[tommyboy]

go through security at airport

board a plane in an orderly fashion

leave a plane in an orderly fashion

 

[Jules Winnfield]

It's the exact same knot you likely use to tie your shoes.  You're just doing it on your neck.  I've won money tying one blindfolded - for some reason people think it's difficult. 

Seriously? Tying any tie, while blindfolded, it's very easy

 

[-fish-]

It's the exact same knot you likely use to tie your shoes.  

No, it isn't.

 

[Waingro]

Tap a keg.

I know, right?

 

[MaxThreshold]

To put you in a murderous rage when the lady in front of you at the grocery needs to pay that way.

Not only is she going to pay that way, she's going to piss you off even more when she waits until the entire order has been rung up and bagged before she even pulls the checkbook out of her purse to start filling it in.  And then she'll sit there and hold everyone up while she enters it into her register too.

I almost lost my bacon once when some lady did this.

 

[Sand]

No way.  Too much entertainment in watching people at the boat launch.  We used to fish in the early morning and be back by 10 am.  Then we'd sit in lawn chairs off the side of the launch, drink beer and watch the disasters happen.    

We may have grown up at the same boat launch.  One thing I can thank my dad for was teaching me how to do this.  Baller life skill.

Not only is she going to pay that way, she's going to piss you off even more when she waits until the entire order has been rung up and bagged before she even pulls the checkbook out of her purse to start filling it in.  And then she'll sit there and hold everyone up while she enters it into her register too.

Every ####### time.  I know I'm a discriminatory #######, but I'll get behind 3 guys in line before getting behind one 50 year old woman.

 

[mr roboto]

use a crosswalk

Walking on the right side of a hallway/staircase/sidewalk. 

Walking quickly with intention anywhere. 

Americans walk through life like a herd of cows staring up at the sky. 

 

[Nick Vermeil]

To try to get this away from transportation I'll go with:

How to bring a woman to orgasm. 

 

[RokNRole]

It's fine by me that this is a somewhat dying skill.  I've got a stick and I'm sure the odds of someone trying to steal it go down every year.

Miatas were never very popular theft targets to begin with

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Make a good omelette 

Make good scrambled eggs

Properly grill a steak

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

Miatas were never very popular theft targets to begin with

Mazda3, dammit.

 

[shuke]

This is one of those life skills that is growing less and less important due to technology - the "run-flat" tires and similar products. Many of the newer electric cars don't include a spare of any sort due to weight concerns. The BMW i3 hasn't included a spare for several years now, but has an inflator/pump that includes a sealant.

My link

 

[Politician Spock]

To try to get this away from transportation I'll go with:

How to bring a woman to orgasm. 

How does that get away from transportation when the answer is give her the ride of her life.

 

[shuke]

30% of colllege kids don't know how to boil an egg 

I have to look it up every time I do it.  

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not only is she going to pay that way, she's going to piss you off even more when she waits until the entire order has been rung up and bagged before she even pulls the checkbook out of her purse to start filling it in.  And then she'll sit there and hold everyone up while she enters it into her register too.

Every ####### time.  I know I'm a discriminatory #######, but I'll get behind 3 guys in line before getting behind one 50 year old woman.

I'm 57.  I have my store card and debit card ready to go when I reach the cashier.  The last time this happened to me, it was some old fart who couldn't swipe a card.  Ghah.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Some of us have places to be and can't wait an hour for Jim Bob to show up and do it for us.

I had never changed a spare tire before a few years ago. I understood the concept, but never had to do it.

Then I got a severe blowout near the summit of Blewett Pass in Central Washington. No cell service, half an hour (at highway speeds) from the nearest "town", and despite it being a Friday afternoon in the summer, cars were only coming past only occasionally.

I learned real fast.

 

[Drunken Poster]

You are supposed to walk/jog against traffic in areas without sidewalks, yet 80% do it the wrong way around here

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but how about board and un-board from a plane with a semblance of efficiency and purpose?

Regular business travelers know how to do this, but for people who fly only occasionally, it seems like it would be easier for them to solve a Rubik's cube. Blindfolded.

 

[ren hoek]

You don't have to wait until the last week of the year to use your insurance/fsa/hsa money.  

 

[Drunken Poster]

You don't have to wait until the last week of the year to use your insurance/fsa/hsa money.  

ok but so what if you do?

 

[ren hoek]

ok but so what if you do?

It creates a huge backlog of patients that need to be seen because their insurance resets on 1/1.  Worked 7am-11:15pm on NYE 2014.  Got home and slept right through it 

 

[Drunken Poster]

It creates a huge backlog of patients that need to be seen because their insurance resets on 1/1.  Worked 7am-11:15pm on NYE 2014.  Got home and slept right through it 

Your have until March 15 to claim FSA expenses from the previous year. There is no deadline for claiming HSA expenses. 

 

[-fish-]

It creates a huge backlog of patients that need to be seen because their insurance resets on 1/1.  Worked 7am-11:15pm on NYE 2014.  Got home and slept right through it 

so there's nothing wrong with it for the people that do it, it just makes you work?

 

[ren hoek]

so there's nothing wrong with it for the people that do it, it just makes you work?

No, that's really not it at all.  It's like showing up to an empty restaurant 2 mins before close.  Technically I could do it, but I have basic human consideration for the employees so I don't.