The TSA is a nice touch.
TORT: The ONSC Rant Thread (11 Viewers)
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Nope.
Soon I'll get to see if I go 2 for 2 on pleasant TSA passage for this trip. Last time in this airport, in the Pre-Check lane, I was granted the wonderful status of "randomly selected passenger for enhanced personal screening and bag check". Only held me up for an extra 5 minutes tho. Seems they weren't looking to see if I had one of those air pod subwoofers installed, if you know what I mean
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mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Meh.
It's being wedged into a shítty seat for a glorified bus ride for hours on end that sucks, and the waiting, waiting, waiting . . .
let's get this thread back on track for real rants..... I mean, c'mon..... no more saying wiener????? Now I have to find a real reason to say wiener in public?
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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile gets a new rebrand, name to celebrate franks
The vehicle formerly known as the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has a new name.
Wiener
I said it.
I said it.
pass the eye bleach
SFROMAN
SILVER Star
For all the ranting about North Carolina traffic I will say. Be glad you don’t live in Alabama.
I averaged 39 miles per hour driving across that state. All interstate driving. Bumper to bumper 99.9% of the way. From Mississippi to Georgia driving on I10 to I65/I85.
If you hate slow left lane drivers. Avoid that state.
I averaged 39 miles per hour driving across that state. All interstate driving. Bumper to bumper 99.9% of the way. From Mississippi to Georgia driving on I10 to I65/I85.
If you hate slow left lane drivers. Avoid that state.
Free breakfast and lunch coming for all WCS traditional schools - Restoration NewsMedia
Students at all 24 of Wilson County Schools’ traditional campuses won’t have to pay for breakfast or lunch next school year. The Wilson County Board of Education approved the expansion of the school nutrition Community Eligibility Provision on Monday during its regular meeting. The move will...
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they misspelled 'tax payer funded' and wrote 'free' for some reason. I was told there was no such thing?
No application or means test, just giving it all away.
no moral hazard here....none at all.
Free breakfast and lunch coming for all WCS traditional schools - Restoration NewsMedia
Students at all 24 of Wilson County Schools’ traditional campuses won’t have to pay for breakfast or lunch next school year. The Wilson County Board of Education approved the expansion of the school nutrition Community Eligibility Provision on Monday during its regular meeting. The move will...restorationnewsmedia.com
they misspelled 'tax payer funded' and wrote 'free' for some reason. I was told there was no such thing?
No application or means test, just giving it all away.
I had work in Charleston today. It's raining. Traffic is backed up for about two miles. Crossing the Cooper River Bridge I get behind a city dump truck in the right lane. They are going slow and spreading sand(???) on the road, like a salt truck in the winter time. I'm able to switch lanes and right when I get beside the truck I hear a sound like a shot gun. Look over to the passenger side and there is a thumb sized hole in my passenger glass and the whole glass is spider webbed. Before I can say "WTF", the whole window falls out.
I keep driving because I'm running late and they would probably just deny it anyway.
Did I mention it was raining?!
I had to ride home, 3 hours, with no passenger glass, heat on, jacket on, interior soaked.
I keep driving because I'm running late and they would probably just deny it anyway.
Did I mention it was raining?!
I had to ride home, 3 hours, with no passenger glass, heat on, jacket on, interior soaked.
That sucks for sure. I have a disdain for dump trucks since they have done so much damage to my rock magnet of a cruiser.I had work in Charleston today. It's raining. Traffic is backed up for about two miles. Crossing the Cooper River Bridge I get behind a city dump truck in the right lane. They are going slow and spreading sand(???) on the road, like a salt truck in the winter time. I'm able to switch lanes and right when I get beside the truck I hear a sound like a shot gun. Look over to the passenger side and there is a thumb sized hole in my passenger glass and the whole glass is spider webbed. Before I can say "WTF", the whole window falls out.
I keep driving because I'm running late and they would probably just deny it anyway.
Did I mention it was raining?!
I had to ride home, 3 hours, with no passenger glass, heat on, jacket on, interior soaked.
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Fwiw, Insurance should cover you. It won’t warm you or cure the electrical gremlins that are growing in that door frame from the rain, but will get new glass. I took pictures of the dump truck that nuked my first windshield and supplied it to my insurance. They did nothing with that info.
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Bars and restaurants who think that a server or bartender merely acknowledging your presence upon being seated is enough to keep you waiting 10+ minutes for them to return to you with a menu or glass of water while there are still a significant number of empty seats that sure aren’t keeping them busy.
I’m placing this one on management and ownership, not the waitstaff themselves…at least not always. And this isn’t unique to post-Covid.
I’m placing this one on management and ownership, not the waitstaff themselves…at least not always. And this isn’t unique to post-Covid.
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Right there with you John, we walked out of Asian Fusion in Boiling Springs after sitting for ten minutes. We were one of seven tables seated. On the way out the hostess (one of three) " how was your meal" Me, "Don't know, we did not even get a drink, or a waitress to even slow down and look at us, BYE"
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Seems that my local Lowe's - so I'm assuming most or all Lowe's - no longer sells gas powered string trimmers or blowers, and only had 2 gas self propelled mowers making up the approx 12 mowers on display. That sucks badly enough, but there also appeared to be no maintenance parts support for gas engines under lawnmower size except for spark plugs and canned E-free gas.
I'm now wondering if the "shortage" of lawn tractors and zero turn mowers is just to rope us all in once they unleash a mass of those same products in electric? I honestly did not know that electric zero turns existed until this weekend. I'd love to try one, if just for the creepy factor.
I'm now wondering if the "shortage" of lawn tractors and zero turn mowers is just to rope us all in once they unleash a mass of those same products in electric? I honestly did not know that electric zero turns existed until this weekend. I'd love to try one, if just for the creepy factor.
Ghostrider I
I wear many "heads" as I have many vehicles.
No John, they probably are sold out. Perhaps Home Depot?
Go to Ace Hardware. Get the straight pole stihl.
The curved one is great but the straight one pollutes more. Some sick joke in all this but I’m too tired.
Find yourself an old Snapper rider (like the one that Forest Gump drives) and spring for the nice Stihl string trimmer at a Stihl dealer. As @Comet said, Ace Hardware carries Stihl. Those old Snappers are fantastic and an amazingly simple driveline design. No hydros to leak or wear out. I had one one time that I accidentally filled up with kerosene. I didn't realize it until after I had finished my whole yard. When I turned off the mower, it wouldn't start back up. That's when I saw the empty kerosene jug. A quick drain and fill with actual gas and I was back up and running. I bought that mower for $100, used it for five years and sold it for $150. There are gazillion of them on Marketplace for under $500.
I hear your rant, and I don't blame you. I am a convert to all electric - I just got the milwaukee walk behind - after having the Honda HRX for the last 10 years - so easy to push if I want to - can't keep up with the self propel, cuts nice - no gas needed and pretty quiet - love it
. But back to your rant - I had a stihl - but gave it to my friend..... boo hiss. good luck with finding something you want.
Lowes and Home Depot stock their stores based on location. If you shop in the city, you'll see more electric. If you shop at one of these stores in an outlying area, you'll see more gas-powered stuff. My honest opinion..if Lowes or Home Depot carries it, you don't want it anyway. Buy once, cry once. Go to the places that the landscapers go to get their equipment. Places like Interstate Supplies and Services or your local mom and pop lawn mower store have the good equipment that lasts forever...and very little of it is electric.
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