Random Rants

[Snowy]

Rough blow mate. No rash decisions over the next few weeks, but man, go let off some steam. And I thought I had a sh!tty day.

[DougNg]

Zach, you need me to bring anything over until your stuff gets back?

[seawolf]

Thanks Doug, I'm not really missing anything of value except my espresso machine. I really appreciate the offer though.

[DougNg]

Anytime bud

If I can bring over anything, let me know. I'm only half an hour from you

Unless it's rush hour. Then you're on your own

Fucking Beltway…

[mclaincausey]

When I lived in DC I forgot about the magic of Beltway traffic a couple of times. Once you're on there… You're fucked. Ugh.

[4c]

When people say Frank Lloyd Wright never made a single work of art it annoys me. Especially when the person saying this puts metal plate stock against a wall and calls it fine art…

[DougNg]

@mclaincausey:

When I lived in DC I forgot about the magic of Beltway traffic a couple of times. Once you're on there… You're fucked. Ugh.

I've never seen so many incompetent drivers in one place. Pretty much every morning, I pass by three accidents and witness three accidents almost happen within a one or two car distance from me.

[seawolf]

9 times out of 10, whenever I see an aggressive driver around here, they have a Maryland plate. Makes me crazy.

[Megatron1505]

At work we are basically forced to listen to the local radio station which has a daily feature called the 9@9, where members of the public (morons) select 9 songs to played by a particular artist, or with regards to a particular theme. Some sadistic bastard this morning chose none other than The Proclaimers, I have never heard so much Scottishness in one sitting before, it was like living inside a haggis 

[Chris]

An ah woold woolk fahv hoondrit mahls,
An ah woold woolk fahv hoondrit moor,
Jus tah be tha mahn who woolked a thoosend mahls ta fahl doon at yoor door…

[Finn666]

damn chris, took me ages to read that one….how long did it took you to type it?

[Chris]

I typed it in English, then used Google auto translate for English->Scottish.

[Finn666]

loooooool…ctfu

[justinkelly]

Traded for these in "barely worn" condition. A little upset this was present. (Not a user here). Is this a grave issue?

Apologies for the crotch shot.

[Graeme]

DPD were meant to deliver a parcel to my flat between 10:30 and 11:30 on Monday. I was in, and no-one rang the bell.

I checked tracking at 11:30, and it had been signed for at 10:31 by an "L S". Apparently the driver had thought it fit to leave it with a neighbour. So I checked all the neighbours in my block, and no-one has it.

I got in touch with DPD on Tuesday, and was told to speak to the company who sold me the goods. After doing so, I was informed that the driver would retrieve the parcel on Wednesday and deliver it to me.

Guess what, nothing turned up…

So I get in touch with the vendor again, and they say that the driver didn't have time to recover the package on Wednesday, and that they'd do it today.

Surprise, surprise. Still nothing was delivered.

Perhaps I should start taking suggestions in the Random Questions thread about what I'm going to do to DPD if it doesn't turn up soon...

[tatmantall]

Jeeze man, so sorry to hear. I hate dealing with courier services

[Graeme]

Thanks. Fortunately it's nothing irreplaceable.

Were it my long awaited Good Wear jacket there would be violence afoot! :o

[Giles]

@justinkelly:

Traded for these in "barely worn" condition. A little upset this was present. (Not a user here). Is this a grave issue?

Apologies for the crotch shot.

Best to stitch them.  It'll save you trouble in the long run…

[tatmantall]

I'd have to agree

[Chris]

It's not a serious problem yet, and it shouldn't take much work to fix.

That said, I'd be ticked if someone traded those to me without mentioning the issue.