What Grinds Your Gears?!19739
 Beaten by boat oars
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| That definitely sounds like the 90s fashion trend making a comeback. Or maybe don't call it a comeback? | ||
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 Please continue to ignore anything I post.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley It's been here for years. I ride my bike but I don't have any clips. Remember when you see them don't knock them out. Their momma said knock you out! |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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| The NBA being even more unwatchable now than it has been the last decade. Hearing about a single player (via the news, I haven't watched a game this season) going to the FT line 43 times in a game and seeing Lebron breaking Kareem's records over the years is also annoying. I understand that everything is inflated nowadays and I don't really give any credit to records broken post 2000 but it's still irritating to see a league I once loved to watch be so unbearable. I think I'll pass on the playoffs this year and maybe for eternity. Is college basketball also this awful with all the transfers? |
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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| @flanders record breaking is lame now. All the amazing feats have been tackled. Remember when Tony Hawk landed the 900 in the X Games half pipe? Then Shaun White 3 attempts for the 1080 in X Games half pipe to break the record (granted he was much smaller and lighter) and still won even though he didn’t land. After that Tony was like im done; im retiring. Now everyone is landing 900s in routine like 90 mph pitches and half court shots with 0.2 sec on the clock. How many people have reached the summit of Everest now? I couldn’t, but its old news now. Im ranting; peak physical fitness is boring; im going back to the TV now. |
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 past performance is no guarantee of future actions.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Paulbg2000 sweet bippy!! It's a fashion thing?? is it...is it like...one of the signs of the apocalypse? Is SO STUPID..SO STUPID If they were riding bikes then all good |
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| unscrupulous people grind my gears.... I may or may not share further details but I may have found myself scammed and I feel incredibly stupid... things are still in motion. Knowing me I may have made things worse |
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 Why just the women? I like bears.
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| I often wonder, "Why do people do this?" | ||
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 I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics People suck. Some people suck more. |
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| ok..I'll try to keep my sad and sorted tale brief (looks like I failed at that!). I live in a townhome (5 units per group) my neighbour and I share a roofline but parts of it are taller than I have a ladder for. Couple hundred bucks some guys (neighbour contacted) were going to come check/clear the gutters and our back gutter overflows in heavy storms so they were going to have a look at that..idk..maybe add a downspout (I'll be doing that myself when the weather is warmer!) I was working from home...guys come down say my ridge cap is loose and some shingles missing - $$ to fix. Seemed reasonable so I say ok...same day a little while later they say water got under the shingles need to replace all...price was like $2k more than we paid 10 yrs ago..seemed reasonable so I say "ok" - signed a piece of paper (which turns out may not legally have the components of a valid contract) Day of shingle removal..I'm at the office, 30 minutes away. I got played..they call and say trusses are wet/have rot, wet insulation, water may be behind the brickwork etc. make it sound like a major, major, maybe even structural thing - quote a crazy $ - but like my shingles are off and now I'm panicked. Ask can you show me the damage - I'll be there in 30...nope we need to get working..I stupidly say ok..and pickup a bank draft on the way - only verbal "ok" Saving grace? My province has a 10 cooling period for basically any, written, verbal or otherwise implied contract that I can back out of inside 10 days with no penalty and no reason provided. Also says within 1 year I can back out if any number of sketchy things happen i.e. quoted and excessive amount for similar work available, repairs where not needed, exaggeration of damage etc.etc. So within the 10 days after the roof is replaced (ALL ply??!! - surely not all needed, shingles etc.) and I notify them I am cancelling any additional work "needed" I also send a list (copy and paste) from the consumer protection act - many (maybe not even all) the ways I think I've been scammed - thereby also covering myself of the 1yr provision. I also state that per the provisions of the act I seek a refund for the $$ overpaid and now they have 3 weeks from that e-mail to do so (don't know if they know they have a time limit) before I can file an official complaint. I have since gotten a quote from another roofer for what they would have charged for the work done. I provided that to "my" guys and said bring me a bank draft for the difference and we'll be cool. I feel good in that no more $ will be going out and I feel good in knowing they can't say what I already paid wasn't too much for what has been completed. IF there really was extra work to happen and they bought supplies - that's their problem, I'm well within my rights and time period to back out. If I have to go through the government agency I'll find out when I file the complaint if I can still pursue them legally and may get the lawyers who did my mortgage and my dad's, uncles, grandmothers wills etc. to get involved. I know these are like professional scammers but damned to I feel stupid. My bonus and tax refund this year will wipe out half the overpay - but I would really prefer to have it all back. So dumb..super easy to hang up on scammers or delete emails or close the door..but when work is underway and they "find" an "issue" - that was the way to get me to drop my guard...fuck, fuck, fuck.... 2 more weeks to see if they pay up. Despite asking for photo's of the damage I've not yet seen anything - so they can't "prove" the work was required - another violation. Even if they now provide photos..how do I know that it's MY roof?? pretty much one truss looks like the next as does plywood. |
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