"That's one cool rat rod." I think he was giving you a compliment. I know, I know. It's not a rat rod. But he meant to tell you it was cool. (And I think it is, too.) And now on to my pet peeve -- and I'm not alone here -- How much you want for it? Last one I sold I'd had for 57 years and sold it to a friend of mine. And,why do they want it when they even don't know what it is?
How bout the bloke that asks a question and provides the answer in the same sentence, like,... "what time is it, 6:00 o'clock" or the guy who has a buddy with a car just like yours (a roadster) except that it has 4 doors
I beg to differ. At the Mildura nostalgia weekend (19-20 August) I did 5 'runs' starting at 10.26 a.m. and the last one at 11.01 a.m. I call that cutting laps.
I don't have a PET peeve. I have reached an age that results in way too much crap that bothers me. So, I have chosen to ignore it all because I don't have time to pick favorites.
Lemme figure out the math on this. 60 minutes - 24 minutes + 1 minute = 37 minutes divided by 5 runs = 7.4 minutes per run including start to finish and back down the return road. How many minutes did it take you to get from start to finish? Dividing 7.4 minutes by 2 (one trip up + one trip back) = 3.7 minutes . You're going to have to work on your reaction time, or something .
Actually we went back to a sportsman's tree that day and a coupe of my reaction times were 0.005, 0.040, 0.022 and 2 redlights. I was happy with the reaction times, the delay was waiting for the other cars that were running to get out of the way.
Pet peeve? Back when I first got my Austin road ready, I decided to leave it in it's original black paint because it wasn't that bad, and I wanted to drive it a year to make sure all the bugs were out of the build. Sitting at a cruise in and some idiot comes up and says, "Nice rat rod." So I instantly was ticked, and that fall I stripped it down to bare metal and it got new paint. I actually liked it weathered, and looking like a barn find, but hated the thought someone mistook it for something it isn't.
Metric! I hate metric Todays Auto parts stores Home depot innacurate online inventory Gasser/ pro street combo cars Talking about money (bragging) Places that serve craft beer only Radio stations cycling the same 7 songs
Oh, when are you going to paint it? and then after painted- "Oh why didn't you leave the patina look?"
"Like" What does it mean? So I'm like... and then she's like and they are like.... HUH? Does it mean said or similar or whar?? YOU KIDS GET OFF MY YARD!!!
A pet peeve I've mentioned before more than once: taking purpose for a physical characteristic. What a thing is meant for doesn't really tell me what it's good for.
I've had this one. "Is it for sale?" "No." "Okay, what is it?" Huh??? Re the rat rod thing, people often don't know better. What I find annoying is the people who say it as an insult. Had a guy once deflect that my truck (across the parking lot, he had never seen it up close) was a rat rod because he was annoyed someone called his flat black with copper accents 60's Ford pickup a rat rod. We all know people on here do it too. Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean you have to disrespect it.
I've been seeing this a lot lately on facebook especially. Person posts a car for sale throws on one bad pic, little to no description then proceeds to state that they don't have time to post anything more about it and to message them about more detailed information and more pics. Save yourself the time and effort of answering all these messages and post the info at the beginning.
here are some of mine Tailgaters or jerks that cut me off, especially while driving the model A. People that speed in our neighborhood. Bad food or service at a restaurant (this one really grinds my gears) Also while at a restaurant when I say, "thank you"; and the reply is, "no problem" Social media. People think that it is okay to lean on or place their hand on your car or truck. Having Covid and not being able to work on the car or drive it (that was a few weeks ago)
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