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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Juice wrote:Putting your pin number in an atm machine?
They put a lot of people out of work.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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If we're talking about grammar, what about professional journalists/columnists using double negatives in articles? "it's not that I don't have a problem with that"

UGH!
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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AlexPKeaton wrote:
PghSkins wrote:You and me. Everyone else wants to sit in a two mile backup in the open lane then grouch when we blow past them to the merge point.
Apparently this is only a Pittsburgh thing. I was driving around Pittsburgh with someone who lives in NYC and he was saying that only in Pittsburgh will people merge a mile ahead of time, when it is far more efficient to merge at the merge point.
Puh-leeze.

Driving advice from a New Yorker?

Tell me you're kidding me?

NY drivers think it's OK to blow through a red light if it's only been red for less than 5 seconds.

NY is the only place I've ever lived where, when traffic backs up, the lane that moves the fastest is the right-most lane.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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ExPatriatePen wrote:
AlexPKeaton wrote:
PghSkins wrote:You and me. Everyone else wants to sit in a two mile backup in the open lane then grouch when we blow past them to the merge point.
Apparently this is only a Pittsburgh thing. I was driving around Pittsburgh with someone who lives in NYC and he was saying that only in Pittsburgh will people merge a mile ahead of time, when it is far more efficient to merge at the merge point.
Puh-leeze.

Driving advice from a New Yorker?

Tell me you're kidding me?

NY drivers think it's OK to blow through a red light if it's only been red for less than 5 seconds.

NY is the only place I've ever lived where, when traffic backs up, the lane that moves the fastest is the right-most lane.
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:lol: :fist:
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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People, primarily journalists, asking themselves questions then answering them.

Do I think Ben will have a better game last week? Yes I do!

Is it going to rain tonight? I think so!
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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ExPatriatePen wrote:
AlexPKeaton wrote:
PghSkins wrote:You and me. Everyone else wants to sit in a two mile backup in the open lane then grouch when we blow past them to the merge point.
Apparently this is only a Pittsburgh thing. I was driving around Pittsburgh with someone who lives in NYC and he was saying that only in Pittsburgh will people merge a mile ahead of time, when it is far more efficient to merge at the merge point.
Puh-leeze.

Driving advice from a New Yorker?

Tell me you're kidding me?

NY drivers think it's OK to blow through a red light if it's only been red for less than 5 seconds.

NY is the only place I've ever lived where, when traffic backs up, the lane that moves the fastest is the right-most lane.
:face:
He opened my eyes to how fast one could get through Pittsburgh traffic if you used NYC driving habits. I was taking notes.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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I may have already mentioned this:
mac5155 wrote:EVERY DAY IM SHUFFLING
Hustling > Shuffling
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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The official Pittsburgh Penguins Twitter account changing from posting only news/info to... what they are doing now. :thumbdown:
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Admin wrote:The official Pittsburgh Penguins Twitter account changing from posting only news/info to... what they are doing now. :thumbdown:
Have you made your opinions known to the powers that be?

Seems to me a big Gorilla like you might have more influence on these matters than your average fan in section 123.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Physical_Graffiti wrote:I may have already mentioned this:
mac5155 wrote:EVERY DAY IM SHUFFLING
Hustling > Shuffling
[youtube][/youtube]
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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When football players overly sell making a catch when it's obvious the ball hit the ground.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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JS© wrote:
Physical_Graffiti wrote:I may have already mentioned this:
mac5155 wrote:EVERY DAY IM SHUFFLING
Hustling > Shuffling
[youtube][/youtube]
:lol: One of about 10 rap songs on my ipod. I less than three it.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:When football players overly sell making a catch when it's obvious the ball hit the ground.
I agree. It especially bothers me when a coach challenges the call because of this: Way to screw your team over twice WR/TE/SB/RB.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Taking a bite of salad that has no dressing on it, esp. broccoli. Hate that.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Eismann wrote:Taking a bite of salad that has no dressing on it, esp. broccoli. Hate that.
At 6:56am? Who eats salad for breakfast? ;)
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Is it really so difficult to type real words and have your status make freakin' sense on Facebook? I hate all these, "there's no reason 4 it 2b this cold" updates. USE WORDS, PEOPLE!!!!!!

/rant
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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IrishEyes wrote:Is it really so difficult to type real words and have your status make freakin' sense on Facebook? I hate all these, "there's no reason 4 it 2b this cold" updates. USE WORDS, PEOPLE!!!!!!

/rant
"/rant" Hmm... :lol:
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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Admin wrote:
IrishEyes wrote:Is it really so difficult to type real words and have your status make freakin' sense on Facebook? I hate all these, "there's no reason 4 it 2b this cold" updates. USE WORDS, PEOPLE!!!!!!

/rant
"/rant" Hmm... :lol:
rant is a word. So :P
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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I'm betting the Big Gorilla was focusing on the "/" part (end) ;)
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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ExPatriatePen wrote:I'm betting the Big Gorilla was focusing on the "/" part (end) ;)
NO WAI!!!!

:D

I was purposely ignoring that. Thanks a whole bunch, EPP.

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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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IrishEyes wrote:
ExPatriatePen wrote:I'm betting the Big Gorilla was focusing on the "/" part (end) ;)
NO WAI!!!!

:D

I was purposely ignoring that. Thanks a whole bunch, EPP.

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oppps :slug:
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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PghSkins wrote:People, primarily journalists, asking themselves questions then answering them.

Do I think Ben will have a better game last week? Yes I do!

Is it going to rain tonight? I think so!
haha. i kind of like that. i'm going to try to work it into my communication style.

"so make a right onto the main drag and then you'll see it on your left. now, do i think that it's impossible to miss? i sure do! good luck."
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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^lolz
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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While coming into work today (yes, on a Sunday), I almost hit a moron driving the wrong way in my parking garage. It was probably someone leaving early from the Stillers game. Look, when there are arrows on the pavement all pointing only one way, and every parking spot in the garage is clearly angled in a certain direction, and you are driving in the opposite direction of both the arrows and the angled spaces, you are driving the wrong way. Open your eyes and get a clue.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves

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You should have thrown some crazy flavored tea in his eyes.