The Vent and Rant Thread

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Even my "toaster" case has LED's. I don't think you'll find one without them these days. I do sympathize, I'm picky about how my computers look too. I keep refusing to let Chris upgrade mine (add water cooling) because I like my little case and don't want to change it.

And besides in the great frozen north you have to flush and fill the antifreeze every winter.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And besides in the great frozen north you have to flush and fill the antifreeze every winter.

Smart@$$.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Smart@$$.

[pholy]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Someday never comes....or is that tomorrow....

Yup! I have a poster on my fridge that reminds me of that:

"Someday is not a day of the week"

[bjones6416]

Not really a rant, but listening to my neighbor using his leaf blower to clean his driveway (right under my windows!) makes me nostalgic for the comforting sound of a rake, or a broom. Those sounds aren't annoying at all, but this leaf blower noise just gets on my last nerve...

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Not really a rant, but listening to my neighbor using his leaf blower to clean his driveway (right under my windows!) makes me nostalgic for the comforting sound of a rake, or a broom. Those sounds aren't annoying at all, but this leaf blower noise just gets on my last nerve...

and speaking of that, when in the hell did it become acceptable to blow your trash into the street or someone else's lawn!

I hate those things with a passion!

[WT Sharpe]

We have some fairly new neighbors in our court who manage to generate trash that blows over into everyone's yards. Two days ago my wife witnessed our next door neighbor, who had evidently had enough, picking up all the trash in her yard and dumping it over their fence.

Wonder if they'll take the hint? I doubt it. They're really bringing down the appearance of the court.

[SameOldStory]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Not really a rant, but listening to my neighbor using his leaf blower to clean his driveway (right under my windows!) makes me nostalgic for the comforting sound of a rake, or a broom. Those sounds aren't annoying at all, but this leaf blower noise just gets on my last nerve...

Second floor? Hmmmm.

Have you ever considered putting things in flower pots? You know, flowers on your window ledge? OOOPPPS, one just happened to fall off.


Speaking of trash on the street;

When I lived down south in the land of the hot sun I had some dogs wander around on trash days looking for a meal. Now this was a suburban area and these weren't stray dogs. Somebody turned them loose each morning.

As everybody knows, I'm a real nice guy.

But I don't care to spend much time picking up ripped open plastic trash bags. So....

I started putting about a third of a cup of sudsy ammonium in each bad and tying the bags as tight as I could.

The bags were ripped open exactly twice. Problem solved.

[badgoodDeb]

Uhhh ... refresh us on what that does to a dog?

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Even my "toaster" case has LED's. I don't think you'll find one without them these days. I do sympathize, I'm picky about how my computers look too. I keep refusing to let Chris upgrade mine (add water cooling) because I like my little case and don't want to change it.

I have no problem with the power and HDD LEDs, although I wonder why they have to be bright enough to light up the room. A lot of casing now have LEDs behind the front mesh (even the seemingly standard casings) and the gaming casings have "windows" on the side of the casing which are also lighted.
It seems that, at least the local, computer shops think desktop PCs are only for gamers.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Uhhh ... refresh us on what that does to a dog?

I think the affect is olfactory. Cloudy ammonia smell, suddenly released directly up the nose of a dog as it pierces a well-sealed bag, is possibly like having two, screaming, sparking, black-smoking, freight trains released up your nostrils on an ugly collision course with your hindbrain. I suspect it would be a reasonable (though relatively harmless) dissuasion.

Cheers,
Marc

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I think the affect is olfactory. Cloudy ammonia smell, suddenly released directly up the nose of a dog as it pierces a well-sealed bag, is possibly like having two, screaming, sparking, black-smoking, freight trains released up your nostrils on an ugly collision course with your hindbrain. I suspect it would be a reasonable (though relatively harmless) dissuasion.

Cheers,
Marc

And yet the smell doesn't bother my cat. She'll sniff it right from the bottle. She probably thinks it's some other cat's pee.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Uhhh ... refresh us on what that does to a dog?

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I think the affect is olfactory. Cloudy ammonia smell, suddenly released directly up the nose of a dog as it pierces a well-sealed bag, is possibly like having two, screaming, sparking, black-smoking, freight trains released up your nostrils on an ugly collision course with your hindbrain. I suspect it would be a reasonable (though relatively harmless) dissuasion.

Cheers,
Marc

like that

Originally Posted by SolRaven

And yet the smell doesn't bother my cat. She'll sniff it right from the bottle. She probably thinks it's some other cat's pee.

huh! all the gardening advice dealios say to put jars of ammonia in your garden to deter cats

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

like that



huh! all the gardening advice dealios say to put jars of ammonia in your garden to deter cats

I guess it'll deter every cat but mine. I had a bottle of ammonia out and wanted to see what her reaction would be, so I put it near her so she could sniff. She sniffed curiously with no real reaction; almost as if she sniffing another cat's scent. Now, if I had been peeling an orange, she would've grimaced at the citric acid, backed up and ran away. Citric acid would keep her out of the garden.

A quick google came up w/ this. I can't confirm it with any other cats, but it would work w/ mine.

[montsnmags]

Maybe your cat's just weird.

Cheers,
Marc (who thinks all cats are weird, in a good way)