What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)

[heedpantsnow]

Have to take my van to dealership bc nobody else is able to figure out the problem.

Now sitting at the dealership waiting for them to figure it out I'm getting a migraine. Bright lights, loud talking, odor of burned coffee, and loud TV of waiting room aren't helping either.

Edit: now I open my laptop to try to get some work done before my head gets really bad and I find one of my liquid pills somehow fell down between the screen and keyboard:

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Guys, if you pray, please do a little for me. Dealer said we need a new transmission. $4800. Gotta figure out what to do.

Get a mortgage on one of the children?

Have to take my van to dealership bc nobody else is able to figure out the problem.

Now sitting at the dealership waiting for them to figure it out I'm getting a migraine. Bright lights, loud talking, odor of burned coffee, and loud TV of waiting room aren't helping either.

Edit: now I open my laptop to try to get some work done before my head gets really bad and I find one of my liquid pills somehow fell down between the screen and keyboard:

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Guys, if you pray, please do a little for me. Dealer said we need a new transmission. $4800. Gotta figure out what to do.

Ugh that's awful.   

Have to take my van to dealership bc nobody else is able to figure out the problem.

Now sitting at the dealership waiting for them to figure it out I'm getting a migraine. Bright lights, loud talking, odor of burned coffee, and loud TV of waiting room aren't helping either.

Edit: now I open my laptop to try to get some work done before my head gets really bad and I find one of my liquid pills somehow fell down between the screen and keyboard:

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Guys, if you pray, please do a little for me. Dealer said we need a new transmission. $4800. Gotta figure out what to do.

Get a mortgage on one of the children?

I'm sure the dealership accepts trade-ins on kids.



But seriously, that's a rough place to be in.  It might be worth to see the trade-in-value of the van and get a certified pre-owned car with a warranty or a cheap new car.  If you can get the difference between the car's value and the cost of repair or more in trade-in-value, it's probably worth getting a new car.

And I realized I worded that oddly, so I mean something like if the sale value of the repaired car is $10k, repair is $5k, and they'll give you $5k or more, trade it in.

Have to take my van to dealership bc nobody else is able to figure out the problem.

Now sitting at the dealership waiting for them to figure it out I'm getting a migraine. Bright lights, loud talking, odor of burned coffee, and loud TV of waiting room aren't helping either.

Edit: now I open my laptop to try to get some work done before my head gets really bad and I find one of my liquid pills somehow fell down between the screen and keyboard:

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Guys, if you pray, please do a little for me. Dealer said we need a new transmission. $4800. Gotta figure out what to do.

:/

Thanks guys for the kind words and thoughts.

Our finances are very different from most people's (too complicated to explain); just have to figure a way through this.  Thanks!

[fknraiden]

feeling down, mostly being judged and looked down upon, embarrassed. not depressed, just mind going to worst case scenarios.

[katushkin]

I'm having to set up about 130 brand new S5s for a big roll out at work. There are another 400 in our stores that we will have to do at another time, but I've no idea when. Apparently people are unable to do the initial setup on their phones anymore.

Also, this Google Chrome update that has ****ed Java means we get a million people calling us about not being able to log in remotely. Sigh.

feeling down, mostly being judged and looked down upon, embarrassed. not depressed, just mind going to worst case scenarios.

You shouldn't care what other people think. Strangers, friends, family, none of them. Be who you are, and give zero ****s. That's the only way to be happy about who you are.

[jackalope]

Started doing landscaping ( installing patios, walls, and all sorts of outdoor brick work) again full time and after 12 hour days 5 or 6 days a week my hands are starting to have problems going numb and cramping and I am having problems typing and using a keyboard in general. 

[paicrai]

feeling down, mostly being judged and looked down upon, embarrassed. not depressed, just mind going to worst case scenarios.

*smooch* if they dont have the common sense to be nice then their opinion wouldnt matter if it was about taking a ****

[azhdar]

Was finishing the 60%, testing the mapping, if every switch was working ok. Closing the case, put 90% of the keycaps on , realised that I didn't solder the caps lock on stepped position ...
fuk it I'll finish it another day.

[sethk_]

Only my second time driving and I almost flipped my dads Landrover. Turned too far right towards a hill, dad said to hit brakes, missed brakes and hit gas, shot up the side of a hill, quickly turned left, got off the hill and into the other lane of traffic, a pick up truck was coming in the other lane, but I was able to move into the proper lane in time

[Lpwl]

Only my second time driving and I almost flipped my dads Landrover. Turned too far right towards a hill, dad said to hit brakes, missed brakes and hit gas, shot up the side of a hill, quickly turned left, got off the hill and into the other lane of traffic, a pick up truck was coming in the other lane, but I was able to move into the proper lane in time

That's probably why my dad never let me drive his car haha

[sethk_]

Only my second time driving and I almost flipped my dads Landrover. Turned too far right towards a hill, dad said to hit brakes, missed brakes and hit gas, shot up the side of a hill, quickly turned left, got off the hill and into the other lane of traffic, a pick up truck was coming in the other lane, but I was able to move into the proper lane in time

That's probably why my dad never let me drive his car haha

Yeah, I was driving to the post office, and this happened before we got there, yet he still made me drive through the small are with a lot of people to the post office. I don't think I went fast than 10 after that.

[baldgye]

Only my second time driving and I almost flipped my dads Landrover. Turned too far right towards a hill, dad said to hit brakes, missed brakes and hit gas, shot up the side of a hill, quickly turned left, got off the hill and into the other lane of traffic, a pick up truck was coming in the other lane, but I was able to move into the proper lane in time

That's probably why my dad never let me drive his car haha

Yeah, I was driving to the post office, and this happened before we got there, yet he still made me drive through the small are with a lot of people to the post office. I don't think I went fast than 10 after that.

Ha!
Idk I think you learn best from mistakes, maybe next time when you get into some real **** you'll hit the breaks and not the throttle!

[sethk_]

Only my second time driving and I almost flipped my dads Landrover. Turned too far right towards a hill, dad said to hit brakes, missed brakes and hit gas, shot up the side of a hill, quickly turned left, got off the hill and into the other lane of traffic, a pick up truck was coming in the other lane, but I was able to move into the proper lane in time

That's probably why my dad never let me drive his car haha

Yeah, I was driving to the post office, and this happened before we got there, yet he still made me drive through the small are with a lot of people to the post office. I don't think I went fast than 10 after that.

Ha!
Idk I think you learn best from mistakes, maybe next time when you get into some real **** you'll hit the breaks and not the throttle!

Yeah, my dad uses both feet to drive, but he forced my brother to use only his right foot. The Landrover had a really sensitive gas pedal, and it launches forward when you slightly press it down, so now I will keep my foot more towards the brake instead of the gas, so when I need to think fast and push straight down, it goes to the break and not the gas.

[henz]

You americans really ned to learn driving with a stick.

[baldgye]

Only my second time driving and I almost flipped my dads Landrover. Turned too far right towards a hill, dad said to hit brakes, missed brakes and hit gas, shot up the side of a hill, quickly turned left, got off the hill and into the other lane of traffic, a pick up truck was coming in the other lane, but I was able to move into the proper lane in time

That's probably why my dad never let me drive his car haha

Yeah, I was driving to the post office, and this happened before we got there, yet he still made me drive through the small are with a lot of people to the post office. I don't think I went fast than 10 after that.

Ha!
Idk I think you learn best from mistakes, maybe next time when you get into some real **** you'll hit the breaks and not the throttle!

Yeah, my dad uses both feet to drive, but he forced my brother to use only his right foot. The Landrover had a really sensitive gas pedal, and it launches forward when you slightly press it down, so now I will keep my foot more towards the brake instead of the gas, so when I need to think fast and push straight down, it goes to the break and not the gas.

Most people use two feet to drive haha though I guess in an auto it's not a big deal

[IonutZ]

Gateron switches are bothering me... can anyone tell me why they prefer them over cherry switches? I don't understand... they're more flimsy, and I really don't like them (((((

[do_Og@n]

Gateron switches are bothering me... can anyone tell me why they prefer them over cherry switches? I don't understand... they're more flimsy, and I really don't like them (((((

I haven't used Gateron switches yet...and that bothers me. I wanna see what the hype is all about.

[ttzhou]

Most people use two feet to drive haha though I guess in an auto it's not a big deal

Really? Didn't know this. Does this explain why there are so many crap drivers out on the roads?

[HoffmanMyster]

Most people use two feet to drive haha though I guess in an auto it's not a big deal

Really? Didn't know this. Does this explain why there are so many crap drivers out on the roads?

Standard/manual/stick = two feet

[Joey Quinn]

Most people use two feet to drive haha though I guess in an auto it's not a big deal

Really? Didn't know this. Does this explain why there are so many crap drivers out on the roads?

Standard/manual/stick = two feet

Left foot breaking in an auto to increase traction through corners and make sure you get on the gas faster. I think early AWD racing drivers started this but I'm not sure also sometimes the foot well is just so small that you need to use both feet due to a lack of space.

Or a heel toe shift where you press all three pedals at once. 

[baldgye]

If you can toe and heel then I'm jelly for life, that **** is ****ing hard!

[Joey Quinn]

If you can toe and heel then I'm jelly for life, that **** is ****ing hard!

Practice and you'll get it, during the summer I daily a stick car so I just got bored and decided to learn.

[henz]

Or a heel toe shift where you press all three pedals at once. 

Dafuq? is that clutch brake combo? or gas break? Have to try this **** out

[Joey Quinn]

Or a heel toe shift where you press all three pedals at once. 

Dafuq? is that clutch brake combo? or gas break? Have to try this **** out

Down shifting while braking, so clutch in while braking, rev match, clutch out. You keep braking the entire time but you stay in the best gear for the speed. Your toes are pressing the brake and your heel/ right side of foot is pressing the gas to rev match.

[HoffmanMyster]

Most people use two feet to drive haha though I guess in an auto it's not a big deal

Really? Didn't know this. Does this explain why there are so many crap drivers out on the roads?

Standard/manual/stick = two feet

Left foot breaking in an auto to increase traction through corners and make sure you get on the gas faster. I think early AWD racing drivers started this but I'm not sure also sometimes the foot well is just so small that you need to use both feet due to a lack of space.

Or a heel toe shift where you press all three pedals at once. 

When I hear "most people" I don't think of racers.    but that's a good point, hadn't thought of that.

[demik]

Post reporting time out.

Seriously, it has been a year. Take that **** off me.

[sethk_]

Post reporting time out.

Seriously, it has been a year. Take that **** off me.

#FreeDemik

[baldgye]

Or a heel toe shift where you press all three pedals at once. 

Dafuq? is that clutch brake combo? or gas break? Have to try this **** out

Down shifting while braking, so clutch in while braking, rev match, clutch out. You keep braking the entire time but you stay in the best gear for the speed. Your toes are pressing the brake and your heel/ right side of foot is pressing the gas to rev match.

Fair enough, I only drive manual cars so I'll prob have a beast at learning it properly on the way to work!

There is a video on YouTube of Senna in an NSX doing it and holy **** it's the bossest ****

[demik]

Currently learning single/double clutch and heel toe down shifting.

Frustrating.

[Joey Quinn]

Or a heel toe shift where you press all three pedals at once. 

Dafuq? is that clutch brake combo? or gas break? Have to try this **** out

Down shifting while braking, so clutch in while braking, rev match, clutch out. You keep braking the entire time but you stay in the best gear for the speed. Your toes are pressing the brake and your heel/ right side of foot is pressing the gas to rev match.

Fair enough, I only drive manual cars so I'll prob have a beast at learning it properly on the way to work!

There is a video on YouTube of Senna in an NSX doing it and holy **** it's the bossest ****

That video is car guy gold, I've always loved it. He just cruises around suzuka and casually heel toes so smoothly!

Currently learning single/double clutch and heel toe down shifting.

Frustrating.

Does anyone ever double clutch? That's one thing I never really learned to do.

[demik]

Doubt it. But nice to have in the arsenal.

[paicrai]

Doubt it. But nice to have in the arse.

[baldgye]

Double clutch?

[paicrai]

cintiqs are too expensive and im terrible working with the visual-input disconnect that comes with using a desktop tablet despite how good i am at things

[tp4tissue]

cintiqs are too expensive and im terrible working with the visual-input disconnect that comes with using a desktop tablet despite how good i am at things

Often see the Surface pro 2 and 3  going on sale, and they've had pretty good reviews in "that" area of utility

[Joey Quinn]

Double clutch?

It is a shifting technique used on unsynchronized transmissions and isn't required on any modern transmission but some people use it to rev match upshifts and downshifts. Basically as you shift into neutral in-between the gears you let the clutch out to rev match then you push the clutch back in as you shift back into gear. As I said, it's mostly useless on modern transmissions except unsynchronized transmissions like the ones in trucks.

[paicrai]

cintiqs are too expensive and im terrible working with the visual-input disconnect that comes with using a desktop tablet despite how good i am at things

Often see the Surface pro 2 and 3  going on sale, and they've had pretty good reviews in "that" area of utility

im always open for someone gifting me a 24HD or seven

[Joey Quinn]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

[fanpeople]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

About 7 years ago I used to get drunk and post my thoughts on forums.... I don't go to those forums any more.

In saying that +1 there should be an intoxicated only thread, only for the drunk where TOS do not apply 

[Joey Quinn]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

About 7 years ago I used to get drunk and post my thoughts on forums.... I don't go to those forums any more.

In saying that +1 there should be an intoxicated only thread, only for the drunk where TOS do not apply 

Naw I'm sayn!!!

Mods (Hoff  Make it happen)

[katushkin]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

About 7 years ago I used to get drunk and post my thoughts on forums.... I don't go to those forums any more.

In saying that +1 there should be an intoxicated only thread, only for the drunk where TOS do not apply 

Naw I'm sayn!!!

Mods (Hoff  Make it happen)

I think there is a drunk thread...

Edit: afterdark was suggested here - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64848.0

[iri]

i need to vent.

THIS COUNTRY ****ING SUCKS

okay, now i'm fine.

[katushkin]

i need to vent.

THIS COUNTRY ****ING SUCKS

okay, now i'm fine.

I've lived here for a while, what's up?

[iri]

i'm a bit distracted by the police not doing what they told me they will do.

and a bunch of other things.

yesterday a palestinian immigrant who lives here for 40 years told me that i just have to adapt to the system. probably he is right.

i'll post the list of things that bother me here later.

[katushkin]

i'm a bit distracted by the police not doing what they told me they will do.

About your wife's bike?

[iri]

i'm a bit distracted by the police not doing what they told me they will do.

About your wife's bike?

yep.

[paicrai]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

About 7 years ago I used to get drunk and post my thoughts on forums.... I don't go to those forums any more.

In saying that +1 there should be an intoxicated only thread, only for the drunk where TOS do not apply 

Naw I'm sayn!!!

Mods (Hoff  Make it happen)

dat edge

[HoffmanMyster]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

Just post in the church, no one goes there anyway

Seriously though, you can make an allegadly drunk rambling thread if you'd like, as long as it doesn't break ToS.   

[paicrai]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

Just post in the church, no one goes there anyway

as long as it doesn't break ToS.   

but then whats the point of being edgy and telling everyone im drunk?!

[katushkin]

i'm a bit distracted by the police not doing what they told me they will do.

About your wife's bike?

yep.

Have they not gone through the CCTV or anything?

Thieves are stupid, I bet you will see it riding around the place in the next few weeks.

[njbair]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

Just post in the church, no one goes there anyway

Seriously though, you can make an allegadly drunk rambling thread if you'd like, as long as it doesn't break ToS.   

Since you mentioned TOS...

I am mildly bothered by the discrepancy between the TOS's guidelines about "inappropriate language" versus what is actually practiced in the forums (particularly off-topic threads). Some people seem to curse profusely in nearly all of their posts, and I've never seen any moderation occur in this regard.

I don't want to be a stick in the mud; I'm a big boy and I can handle seeing foul language, but it kind of discredits the whole TOS when parts of it go unenforced. If cursing is now allowed, the TOS should be updated to reflect that.

This was meant to be constructive, please take it that way. Thanks!!!

[paicrai]

Why isn't there a GH after dark thread? There should be? I need to vent my intoxicated thoughts. Not that I am, I'm allegadly drunk right nnow. 

Just post in the church, no one goes there anyway

Seriously though, you can make an allegadly drunk rambling thread if you'd like, as long as it doesn't break ToS.   

Since you mentioned TOS...

I am mildly bothered by the discrepancy between the TOS's guidelines about "inappropriate language" versus what is actually practiced in the forums (particularly off-topic threads). Some people seem to curse profusely in nearly all of their posts, and I've never seen any moderation occur in this regard.

I don't want to be a stick in the mud; I'm a big boy and I can handle seeing foul language, but it kind of discredits the whole TOS when parts of it go unenforced. If cursing is now allowed, the TOS should be updated to reflect that.

This was meant to be constructive, please take it that way. Thanks!!!

*lots of swears out of purposeful ignorance in regard of the last line*