Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

Appleseed said:

You guys ever take an FAA exam? Its reading comprehension. They don't give a berkeley if you know how to fly.

There were more questions about ADF than GPS when I took Private Pilot exam in like 2018. A quick poll of our club members (10 of us co-owned a C172) showed that exactly zero used the ADF on the plane (which included 3 ATP rated pilots who might have collectively had more hours in the sky than I had experienced on Earth). But by golly, I had to prove to the FAA that I understood it. 

Same with being tested on the needlessly abbreviated AIRMET's and such, leftover from when it was technologically required because it came over a Telex or some such. 

Spearfishin said:

Appleseed said:

You guys ever take an FAA exam? Its reading comprehension. They don't give a berkeley if you know how to fly.

There were more questions about ADF than GPS when I took Private Pilot exam in like 2018. A quick poll of our club members (10 of us co-owned a C172) showed that exactly zero used the ADF on the plane (which included 3 ATP rated pilots who might have collectively had more hours in the sky than I had experienced on Earth). But by golly, I had to prove to the FAA that I understood it. 

Same with being tested on the needlessly abbreviated AIRMET's and such, leftover from when it was technologically required because it came over a Telex or some such. 

It's kind of funny that we're still making and installing ADFs, but how else is the flight crew going to listen to the ball game or the farm report?

In reply to Karacticus :

The hardest part for me was remembering all of the cloud separation requirements for airspace, altitude, and time of day.

They let you bring one 8.5" X 11" blank sheet of paper into the exam room and the first thing I did was to draw the chart:

I don't think it's possible to accurately judge the distance of something nebulous like a cloud so in reality it's pretty much, oh look, a cloud, let's stay well clear of it.  

I'm so glad I paid extra for shipping from Rock Auto to get the part today and UPS doesn't even have it yet.

RX Reven' said:

In reply to Karacticus :

The hardest part for me was remembering all of the cloud separation requirements for airspace, altitude, and time of day.

They let you bring one 8.5" X 11" blank sheet of paper into the exam room and the first thing I did was to draw the chart:

I don't think it's possible to accurately judge the distance of something nebulous like a cloud so in reality it's pretty much, oh look, a cloud, let's stay well clear of it.  

My CFI's answer for "how am I supposed to accurately judge that distance?" Was some version of "don't fly VFR in clouds. The distance part you need to know for your exams." 

Karacticus said:

It's kind of funny that we're still making and installing ADFs, but how else is the flight crew going to listen to the ball game or the farm report?

I remember that back in the 90's we mostly just used it to grab AM radio for in flight entertainement.

We sang, "Friends in Low Places" a *lot*.

brandonsmash said:

I can't share a ton of details, but I just caught a GC on a job trying to snow me into paying for a large rework of a system my company installed. The other GC tried to blame my construction practices as being deficient so I would have to redo everything and pay for it myself.

I came back by citing appropriate code and specific allowances, which shut down that argument. However, I really don't like that underhanded nonsense and it's super stressful. 

 

My sympathizes for dealing with that. Stuff like this is why I have a list of long time clients I work for and only really add others if they are known to that circle.

It's a weird business practice that thankfully works for me and cuts out asshattery 

GPz11 (Forum Supporter) said:

I'm so glad I paid extra for shipping from Rock Auto to get the part today and UPS doesn't even have it yet.

 

I've been reading bad things about RockAuto more and more

Antihero said:

GPz11 (Forum Supporter) said:

I'm so glad I paid extra for shipping from Rock Auto to get the part today and UPS doesn't even have it yet.

 

I've been reading bad things about RockAuto more and more

Please don't shatter what little faith I have remaining in humanity...I trust Marriott, Delta, Mazda, Dell, and RockAuto.

Removing any one of them would result in my safe space getting 20% smaller.

In reply to RX Reven' :

I'll be honest, I only use RockAuto for stuff I don't have to have anytime soon. Granted this time, I did pay $2 extra to get it today instead of next Tuesday since a buddy is coming over so we can do some comparing. Working on getting rid of the Scorpio rear wheel bearings and brakes on my XR4Ti. I've toasted too many bearings on the track. Looking at doing 350z / 370z rear bearings and hubs. Copying a buddy's Lemons XR setup.

Just received a recall notice from FCA for our dually...

The brake hydraulic control unit on your vehicle may be susceptible to failure or malfunction...

How do I resolve this important safety issue?

The remedy for this condition is not currently available....

Gotta love this E36 M3... 

We are losing the battle against spam, and it sucks.

Our home and cell phone services say they block spam calls, but in reality they are blocking legitimate calls from businesses that we use- but happen to use a call center because they are so large.  At the same time, they let through real spam calls.

So the effort to reduce spam is just reducing legit calls and not stopping spam.  Stupid.
 

to add- apparently I can't read- I saw the minor confession thread and posted this there first. I need to focus. 

This could almost be its own thread, but there are a lot of motorcyclists who just don't get it, and it makes riding more dangerous for those of us who ride courteously. So I see a biker and a driver almost get into blows yesterday. The driver is making a legal right turn and the road is such that while it's 2 lanes wide (1 way) at the intersection, it immediately narrows to a single lane. The driver makes the right turn and continues on as it merges into a single one. A motorcyclist races up, taking the turn much more quickly and attempts an overtake. I don't think that the car even saw the bike till it was almost pushing the bike into opposing traffic in the narrowing road. Biker feels cut off, intentionally hits the cars mirror. Driver stops, hilarity ensues.   

So the biker dive-bombs the car during the turn and immediately expects the car to stop and let him by. That's ridiculous. Riders have to understand that while they are blasting around, people in cars are just cruising and not expecting Valentino Rossi to make a high-speed pass. Riding motorcycles is great. Riding them fast is awesome. But just because you are in high-adrenaline mode, you still have to account for people who aren't.

a BMW with the license plate "BOSS LDY" cut off at least 3 people within 10 seconds. 

gixxeropa said:

a BMW with the license plate "BOSS LDY" cut off at least 3 people within 10 seconds. 

That's weird, here in Atlanta that would a done by a Telsa Model X.

In reply to RX Reven' :

I have used Delta before and they were easy to work with and we got a free day in Hawaii on them once.

Does that make it better?

God.

berkeleying.

Damnit.

3 of 4.  At least the sidewall is fine.

berkeley.

In reply to Mr_Asa :

Discount tire patches tires for free. Doesn't matter where you purchased them... which is a big reason why I'll be purchasing my next set of tires from them. 

In reply to mtn :

Nearest is 60 miles away.  I have a warranty through Tire Rack, but I've got no clue how it works.  I'll have to get ahold of 'em.

Tried to unintentionally stop my heart this morning. If you know anything about blood glucose levels, 22 is a bad, bad number. I was 10 seconds away from driving an 8,000lb. weapon.

I've been sick as a dog all day. Started yesterday afternoon. Daughter brought it home Tuesday to my wife and I. And if her trajectory is anything to estimate by, tomorrow is berkeleyed too!

Trying to surprise my better half by cleaning up, organizing and painting her garage bay. The picking up, cleaning up and organizing is easy and long overdue on my part. Now comes the part that I can't stand, the painting. Now I build cars, houses, do electrical wiring, plumbing, hardscaping, landscaping and basically any and everything in life. There are 2 things that I despise doing, they are drywall spackling and painting. Hate, hate, hate both of them. Unfortunately both are in my future work tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it. Many years ago I backed our plow truck into her bay and forgot that the salt spreader was on the back and put a nice size dent/crack in the drywall. Today I cut out the bad part, put a new piece in, taped and spackled it. Tomorrow comes the bad part, the sanding, re-applying more mud, sanding again and on and on..... For some reason I'm really bad at sanding drywall and doing bodywork. I put on a pound of mud/bondo and end up sanding off 1.5 pounds! I've watched others do it and they make it look so easy, I just have a mental block when it comes to sanding anything. 
 

After fixing the hole, no matter how long that takes, then comes the next "fun" part, painting the walls. I don't mind grabbing a roller and making quick work of most of a wall, it's the detail work that drives me crazy. Cutting in to the ceiling takes do damn long, it's exhausting and usually looks like poop.

Rant over. Anyone from the northeast PA area like to paint and want to make a few bucks???? 

lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) said:

There are 2 things that I despise doing, they are drywall spackling and painting.

 

When I finally build my forever home, it will not include drywall except for possibly ceilings where it will only be painted/spackled once.

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

How much I wish I could trade places with you. While I'm not a great painter, it beats the E36 M3 out of the 2 ceiling fans I get to replace this weekend.