I Forgot What My Complaint Was - Complaint Thread
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never mind. Wasn't as funny when I actually read your statement.
electricity was out for five hours. Power company restored it 15 minutes ago. Bad storm came through. Time to log out of the Daz website. Good night all.
Complaint:
You may or may not have heard me complain about people using my driveway to make U-turns... not, one of those “I’m only poking the front of the car two feet into your driveway because I can’t make the turn” type K-turns... But full, drive through the driveway like it’s a public road, U-turns... it’s basically two parallel driveways on either side of the house connected by a “C” shape driveway... there is nothing confusing about it, it’s obvious a driveway on private property... but still, occasionally people will use the driveway as a roundabout to change direction... annoying, since a few times they have driven off the pavement and run over the sprinklers near the edge... they aren’t actually that near the edge, but these aren’t great drivers either... one guy actually pulled into the driveway while I was doing yard work last year or so, and honked at me to get out of the way... I thought for a second it was someone I knew, so I stepped out of the way... only to peer in and realize “who is this clown?” and watch him drive off in the same direction from which he came... a brass set on that one, because if I realized what he was doing, I’d have given him my shovel as a parting gift.
But the other annoying thing people do is stop in front of the oak tree on the south side of the house so they can talk on the phone... I don’t really care that much if they do that, it’s just that often they block the driveway and don’t understand why I’m honking for them to move when I’m trying to leave...
It’s really simple, but they still stare at me confused...
What most people who park there also don’t seem to realize for some unfathomable reason, is that if you are having a conversation in your car using the speaker option, your conversation is being broadcast through your speakers... so the whole damn world outside of your car can hear about your very personal doctor visit or whatever other intimate stupid conversation you are having... yeesh.
So today I’m cutting up the remains of a huge branch that fell in that very spot by the big oak... I’ve disassembled the main branch (8”-9” diameter) and I’m in the process of cutting up the branchlets into manageable bundles (using pruning lopers) and this guy pulls up in that spot (it was clear of branches and debris at that point) and despite the fact that I’m very obviously working about fifteen to twenty feet away, decides have a full volume, windows open, speaker phone argument with his wife or girlfriend... also to note... he wasn’t doing too well in the arguing department... she wasn’t great at it either as apparently her favorite line was “well, I’m real, that’s real... is that real enough”....
That’s not a bad line for a crazy character in a RomCom, but if that makes up more than 30% of your conversation, it’s a bit overused...
Ugh... it was a painful conversation to be exposed to... seriously, for 45 minutes they went on and on... I started using my cordless Sawzall to cut a few branches I didn’t really need to cut agin, just to block them out... I even started up my crappy dead chainsaw twice in hopes he’d get the hint and move on... he was getting eviscerated, so I kinda figured shouting “Aye, could you take that somewhere else”, might not be... I dunno... nice?...
Not that I really cared, because who the hell does that?
I sorta felt bad for him... I felt bad for whoever was shouting at him, I felt bad for the nearby squirrels whom I’m pretty sure will never be the same again ... and I felt bad for me...
So after 45 minutes or so I couldn’t take them anymore and decided to go to the garage to recharge some of the batteries and leave him alone in his shame... and of course the moment I left so did he...
People are so #$&@%! annoying...
But the moral of the story is unless you want to share your intimate personal conversation with the world while in traffic, driving through a parking lot or waiting at a light... please remember that on most cars the speaker phone mode can be heard very well outside your car.
Also... stay out of my damn driveway unless you are bringing me beer... stout or a dark porter preferably. Also bacon is an acceptable substitute.
Good to hear it’s back on... ours was out for a day and a half because of the weekend storm, so I understand the misery of being voltless on a hot day... isn’t air conditioning so much sweeter after a power outage?... Flipping a wall switch, and having light... great stuff.
@McGyver, have you considered a toll gate in your driveway? Extra income!
How about a sign on your lawn saying "All conversations encroaching on my property are subject to being posted to YouTube".
And I agree, people can be so #$&@%! annoying. I've recently become addicted to listening to YouTube "Reddit" clips and hear many worthy complaints there. Our little "complaint" thread here, holds no candle.
Why do I like those Reddit complaints so much? Must be shadenfreude.
I haven't dealt with car conversations but once in awhile there has been the "in-store" loud phone conversation ......in my experience if you start commenting on the conversation ,nicely with interest ,for some reason the person tends to move away ,or even hang up .
Works great for roommates too from my experience.
I keep hoping for a safe situation in which I can grab the phone from the obnoxious twit, dash it to the ground and grind it under my heel.
But fantasizing about it is almost as satisfying.
No no no you hope they accidently drop their phone and you accidently grind it under your heel .... then it's not your fault it broke
Complaint?: I was curious about all the hype around the latest "John Wick" film. Had no idea other than it was yet another "guy wronged, gets vengance" film. I didn't want to watch the sequel without seeing the original so when I discovered it on Prime today I rented it ($3.99). OMFG ...
I'm not even halfway through and I've lost track of the body count, it's more fingers & toes than even a polydactylic would have. 
So, now even more curious, I looked it up (Google is my friend) and I started typing "John Wick how many"... And I guess it's a pretty popular question because before I could even finish the question it shows half a dozen sites bragging about their John Wick statistics. Moral of story; don't steal a man's car.
College campus movie-night drinking game.
considering how trolls love a bridge
are there Trolls under Tolls?
I need to go to bed so Good night. I do not want to go to bed but I doubt it is a good idea to stay up all night.
Still alive. Just so you know.
I see there is a Teen Jane, but is there going to be a Teen John or teen Jack or some other teen for G8M?
complaint 1.0: I don't have a job so Daz needs to have more of the items in my wishlist on sale.
complaint 2.0: Daz has a sale on a lot of items on my wishlist but I'm too poor!
complaint 3.0: I spent a lot of money even though I don't have a job but there are still 460 items left in my wishlist!
complaint 4.0: I need to find a Dazaholics Anonymus meeting. "I my name is Gina... I have a problem..."
Do you have access to the Platinum Club forum? There is a thread for Complaint 4 there, but unfortunately we are so spread out accross the globe and probably so broke (due to spending too much at Daz) that we cannot afford a big meeting somewhere.
I do. I must have missed the post. I've been spending too much time trying to make scenes in Daz that I hardly venture into the forums. But my new stuff is installing so I had a moment and was trying to find more info on converting stuff and making stuff and you know fiddling with stuff... Oooh my toys have installed...
Complaint 5.0: I go to get dressed think I'll wear that new outfit I bought but then I remember I bought it for my Daz characters...
3D/2D/Real World Confusion Syndrome...
Its not the same, but I’ve tried to rotate 2D images, treated TVs like touchscreens, once I almost tried to zoom an image in a magazine (my hand started to go there... my brain was like “aye, stop that”)... Sculpting in 3D can be frustrating, because I sculpt stuff in real life, so not being able to replicate a hand movement on a touchscreen that I can in real life sometimes makes the process feel like you are bogged down in molasses, but then not being able to automatically/perfectly smooth something in real life feels the same way... bummer when I spray paint something and can’t tweak the saturation or hue without repainting it...
Never mind using several different programs at once... going back and forth between Blender, Hexagon, SketchUp, Scuptris, 3D Coat, Sculptura (iPad), Forger(iPad), MeshMixer, Photoshop, and Sketchbook(iPad) while modeling, then going back and forth between Poser and DS to see how it looks/works... strange things happen to the brain.
Having been a maker of things most of my life, my brain has always looked stuff as components, shapes and materials... “how would I make that”...
It became especially annoying when I started doing 3D because in 3D you can pretty much make anything and once the brain decides “that’s interesting” it becomes obsessed with how to achieve the effect, shape and look... It’s hard to shut off.
A few days ago I was so annoyed that I had to bust out the router to round off some edges on something I was making, instead of just being able to select a path and automatically lathe a profile... stupid lousy reality.
Happy Stranger Things Day!
And Happy Fourth of July!
Damn it... another year went by without me completing my “Illegal fireworks” freebie...
I suck...
+1!
Happy4th
anticipating for the LG (resident maestro) link to 1812 muzak. lone ranger muzak?
Although the Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture" is well recognized, I've become numb to it because of overexposure. HOWEVER, I seize this opportunity to retell my tale of hearing the 1812 Overture on The Mall in Washington DC a few decades ago. I lived in the city at that time and wandered down to The Mall for the 4th of July festivities and had a great day. As evening approached I walked back to the east toward the Capitol and tried to find a spot to sit (or stand) in front of the orchestra stage. Way too crowded. So I wandered back behind the stage and sat with my back to a row of tall bushes behind the tent covered stage. I couldn't see the musicians but I could hear the music clearly without amplification. I sat there on the grass, crosslegged (I could sit that way back then) and enjoyed the experience. Finally they're playing the 1812 Overture and it comes time for the first of the cannon reports. BOOM!!! Literally 5 feet behind me on the other side of the bush were the cannons! I swear I levitated two feet off the ground for a full second. I was quickly educated and expected the rest of the reports as they came but that first one was an experience I love to remember. But because you requested so nicely here's the Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F5k70xwGSk Cannons at 8:00 and 10:00. (not the best recording of this piece but good pictures of the cannons.)
Actually I had picked out a different piece to present today... (Continued on next rock.)
PS: The Lone Ranger theme is from the William Tell Overture by Rossini
thanks
confused it again with lone ranger. do that every year. high hoh keemosabee
(Continued from previous rock) Complaining Non-Complaint: It being the 4th of July, a day for traditional summer events (not what's happening at the west end of The Mall today) I went out to find a plain American Hot Dog with ketsup, mustard, pickle relish and onion. Simple enough, right? Wrong! I drove 25 miles up to the north end of the lake to see the big entire county parade of firetrucks, bicycles, horses, etc, etc. but arrived too late and was stopped in traffic a mile away from the county Courthouse where everything was happening. Finally the parade in town was over and traffic began to move again. I crept through town to the fairgrounds on the other side and parked to go hunting for my hotdog. Can you believe that despite a dozen vendors of overpriced chips, and cotton candy, and popcorn and burritos and tacos and sausages and fried chicken, nobody, nobody sold a plain hotdog.
Arghhhh.
However, on the way back I stopped at an indoor fleamarket (i.e. dusty junk in a musty humid tin warehouse) and found the same stuff that was there last year. Saved money by not buying anything. Further down the road was a cheese shop that I had intended to stop at one day, (I guess today was the day). Picked up a half pound of Bleu cheese (mmm... yum!) and learned all about "Drunken Goat" cheese and was reminded of the Monty Python cheese shop sketch when she pointed out the "Wensleydale". nice little shop. Still hungry and not having had a proper lunch yet I ended up back in Jamestown at the south end of the lake and dropped in at Kentucky Fried Dinosaur (KFC) for a dinosaur breast, green beans, and a coke. Mmmm... yum? Halfway through my meal I also found on my tray, a chocolate chip cookie that I hadn't ordered. Either the girl behind the counter made a mistake or she was flirting with me because of my undeniably irresitable wrinkles and beard stubble or the gold ring in my ear.
As I neared home I stopped at the local fruitstand and picked up a quart of beautiful looking strawberries, possibly the last for the season. Unfortunately the stand had run out of homemade baking powder biscuits for strawberry shortcake.
So, for today I'll have to suffer along popping whole ripe strawberries into my mouth while watching TV. Life is tough.
On the way back from my failed hotdog mini-adventure the radio was playing Dvorak's 9th Symphony. What a magnificent piece it is. A true symphonic adventure . It speaks. It paints a picture. It carries you on a journey. One of the greats.
Anton Dvorak Symphony #9 "From the New World": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HClX2s8A9IE
1st movement 0:30 Energy, majesty
2nd movement 10:10 solemnety, quietude
3rd movement 22:22 awakening, daily chores & life
4th movement 30:03 grandeur, power
Edited to add: I agree with one of the comments on the web page. There's a special place in hell for people who cough at a live symphony performance.
I made a nice hot cup of coffee, but I am in my room. The coffee is still in the kitchen.
How rude of it not to follow you back to your room!
I suffer from variations of this all the time. There are times I want to text my brain and ask it just exactly what is going on up there.