Dear berkeleytards in the rental moving van... I get that you are not professional drivers and it is a pretty big truck for the average joe to wheel about in.... but there is only one road to get to my berkeleying house. How about you don't block the whole berkeleying thing.
Oh yeah... those huge ruts in your new yard... that was me. Diesels have a hard time hooking up on soft ground like that. Sorry.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Dear berkeleytards in the rental moving van... I get that you are not professional drivers and it is a pretty big truck for the average joe to wheel about in.... but there is only one road to get to my berkeleying house. How about you don't block the whole berkeleying thing. Oh yeah... those huge ruts in your new yard... that was me. Diesels have a hard time hooking up on soft ground like that. Sorry.
Well done sir.
Right of passage can be a bitch.
N Sperlo wrote: In reply to Curmudgeon: I pay quite a bit for cable. Why *do* I have to watch those damn commercials?
[rant] I guess it's for the same reason that I got a satellite radio subscription: in exchange for $12.95 a month, I was to hear no ads. But now it's $16.95 a month and the channels are loaded with freakin' ads. [/rant]
Dear VP of my former employer who made the mistake of trying to contact me via private e-mail a year and a half after you laid me off:
No, I am not "doing fine". And I am not going to lie about it just to soothe your guilty conscience. If you're not asking me to come back to work, berkeley you, berkeley the horse you rode in on, and berkeley anyone who resembles either of you.
Dear person ordering pizza.
I don't want to sit on the line for five minutes while you yell to your friend "what do you want?"
Figure it out before you call or just hand the berkeleying phone to them, it isn't that hard.
Dear anybody who has to let someone go;
It sucks for that to happen. Human beings are NOT supposed to like firing others or getting fired. So when you have a smirk on your face and say 'have a nice weekend' after delivering the news, well you know what? That makes you look like a freakin' psychopath.
Curmudgeon wrote: Dear anybody who has to let someone go; It sucks for that to happen. Human beings are NOT supposed to like firing others or getting fired. So when you have a smirk on your face and say 'have a nice weekend' after delivering the news, well you know what? That makes you look like a freakin' psychopath.
dude, you rant a LOT.
How nice of you to notice. 
wbjones wrote: I started using the mute button yrs ago ...
I do the same thing.
When you watch commercials without audio, you realize that a lot of the video is often nothing but fluff and filler to carry the audio. Some are so bad, it can be interesting.
Dear folks who complaint about ranting going on in the rant thread...
To those thinking of doing an alternator in a 99-09 SAAB 9-5 at their apartments on jack stands and cardboard bit of advice,
DONT berkeleyING DO IT!!!!!!!!!!
tuna55 wrote:Curmudgeon wrote: Dear anybody who has to let someone go; It sucks for that to happen. Human beings are NOT supposed to like firing others or getting fired. So when you have a smirk on your face and say 'have a nice weekend' after delivering the news, well you know what? That makes you look like a freakin' psychopath.dude, you rant a LOT.
His screen name should have told you that.
When you use large words to make yourself look smarter, make sure they're spelled correctly.
Saying you're sofisticated tells me you're anything but.
Side note, if you come right out and say, "I'm classy as berkeley", I'd be more inclined to hang out with you, because you sound like my kinda person.
Just heard on my county FD/ PD/ EMS scanner...
911 Dispatch: Ice cream truck drawing crowd of children, partially obstructing traffic.
.... C'mon man
I work in a parts store:
Listen you old berks. It's TOYota you shiny happy people, not TIEota!
Mrs. Oldtin got a photo ticket at a stop light. Thing is a semi truck in front of her set off the camera, but she got the ticket. One clear photo of her sitting in the right turn lane behind the crosswalk with the semi visible finishing the turn on red - second photo of her making a right on a red. $100 ticket, so we'll take some time to go argue this one in person. Grrr.
Spoolpigeon wrote: I work in a parts store: Listen you old berks. It's TOYota you shiny happy people, not TIEota!
Why does my power steering reservoir on my 87 4Runner have "Toyoda" on it? 
I did not pay to go to university to have some graduate student with no experience teaching and a bad accent to be in charge of my education. Seriously, I understand that I go to a research institution but I deserve a professor to be teaching me! Also why is there no teaching certification required for professors, I don't get that and I think its dumb.
Got the car back from the paint shop and picked it up after-hours. They gave me the wrong key. I had the spare, but now I have to go take the trek out there again to swap keys.
Appleseed wrote: Why does my power steering reservoir on my 87 4Runner have "Toyoda" on it?
Probably to honour Toyoda-san.
Dear everybody, don't buy an ASUS.
So about a year ago I bought myself a nice ASUS G53SX 15 inch gaming laptop(poor mans work station) with most of the bells and whistles for a great price(several hundred less than the $1600 they were going for at the time). this thing spends most of its time plugged in on a desk. I treat it better than a baby.
About 2 months ago, I wake up to find my computer dead. I figured, "eh, the power jack must have walked out of the port and the battery went dead(3 hour battery, tops)". So I pull the power cord out to FIND THE PIN STUCK IN THE CORD. Looking at the pin, and how it tapered down at the end, it was quite clear this was a piss poor design, google confirmed it. Needless to say, I was pissed. About a week ago I get the time to call up tech support and get a RMA #, which conveniently came with no shipping label. I'm not paying $50 to UPS this thing back so they can fix THEIR engineering mistake. So I call "offshore" tech support AGAIN, and get a number to take to FedEx. Cool, so I drive downtown with the machine all boxed up extra extra good.
While the person at fedex was punching in my number, I asked for them to confirm that this sucker was insured, NOPE. I AM NOT SHIPPING A COMPUTER WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR I BROUGHT IT IN WITHOUT INSURANCE!
So I now believe I have 3 options.
Dear people reading my posts,
If you feel the need to respond to my post, read the whole thing. Preferably, read the whole thread (EVERY.SINGLE.POST) so you understand the context under which the conversation is happening.
If you do not, please DIAF.
Sincerely, HiTempguy
P.S Rule changes in racing suck. Deal with it.
In reply to HiTempguy:
Come on, you know I have no time to read threads. I'm too busy making judgements about people from the random sentences that jump out at me.
Kenny_McCormic wrote: Dear everybody, don't buy an ASUS. So about a year ago I bought myself a nice ASUS G53SX 15 inch gaming laptop(poor mans work station) with most of the bells and whistles for a great price(several hundred less than the $1600 they were going for at the time). this thing spends most of its time plugged in on a desk. I treat it better than a baby. About 2 months ago, I wake up to find my computer dead. I figured, "eh, the power jack must have walked out of the port and the battery went dead(3 hour battery, tops)". So I pull the power cord out to FIND THE PIN STUCK IN THE CORD. Looking at the pin, and how it tapered down at the end, it was quite clear this was a piss poor design, google confirmed it. Needless to say, I was pissed. About a week ago I get the time to call up tech support and get a RMA #, which conveniently came with no shipping label. I'm not paying $50 to UPS this thing back so they can fix THEIR engineering mistake. So I call "offshore" tech support AGAIN, and get a number to take to FedEx. Cool, so I drive downtown with the machine all boxed up extra extra good. While the person at fedex was punching in my number, I asked for them to confirm that this sucker was insured, NOPE. I AM NOT SHIPPING A COMPUTER WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR I BROUGHT IT IN WITHOUT INSURANCE! So I now believe I have 3 options. 1. Void my warranty, fix it myself. 2. Call wherever the hell it is 24/7 call center, again, go up a management level or two and begin bitching. Did I mention that this connection is so E36 M3ty that it sounds like I'm talking on a CB radio underwater? The echo confirms I'm talking to somebody on the other side of the planet. 3. Full Nuclear, call enterprise support and con them into believing my student mailbox and address is a faculty one. Bitch a lot, make them overnight it to California.
Do 2 & 3, but, learn to solder because it isn't likely to do any good.
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