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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1000 on: March 24, 2017, 08:36:52 am »
Snot-O-Grams, when a simple phone call will resolve the question.  As much as I enjoy social media, its ubiquity has made people shy away from normal human interaction in a business setting.  Pick up the goddamned phone!
My last supervisor once sent me an email asking me to turn my radio down a little bit.  She was in the cubicle right beside me FFS!  :banghead:
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1001 on: March 24, 2017, 08:56:52 am »
Snot-O-Grams, when a simple phone call will resolve the question.  As much as I enjoy social media, its ubiquity has made people shy away from normal human interaction in a business setting.  Pick up the goddamned phone!
My last supervisor once sent me an email asking me to turn my radio down a little bit.  She was in the cubicle right beside me FFS!  :banghead:

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1002 on: March 24, 2017, 11:01:10 am »
Snot-O-Grams, when a simple phone call will resolve the question.  As much as I enjoy social media, its ubiquity has made people shy away from normal human interaction in a business setting.  Pick up the goddamned phone!
My last supervisor once sent me an email asking me to turn my radio down a little bit.  She was in the cubicle right beside me FFS!  :banghead:

Too scared to tell you in real life, lol

She wanted a permanent record for his file.   
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1003 on: March 24, 2017, 11:05:40 am »
So, the exhaust pipe in the truck had rotted to the point that it was severed and the muffler had a leak everything was redone.

I didn't give much thought to it and the muffler that went in makes the truck so quiet, like you can barely hear that it's running quiet.

I f'd up.  I should have got one that gave at least a little but of that glorious V8 rumble.
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1004 on: March 25, 2017, 10:49:32 am »
I think Canadians are too civilised to do something like this, but it irritates me when people open their doors to spit or dump their beverage onto the road while waiting at a stoplight.  :hurl:   Gross.
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1005 on: March 25, 2017, 11:49:51 am »
I think Canadians are too civilised to do something like this, but it irritates me when people open their doors to spit or dump their beverage onto the road while waiting at a stoplight.  :hurl:   Gross.

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1006 on: March 25, 2017, 11:49:52 am »
I think Canadians are too civilised to do something like this, but it irritates me when people open their doors to spit or dump their beverage onto the road while waiting at a stoplight.  :hurl:   Gross.

You don't see hockey players spitting?

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1007 on: March 25, 2017, 12:11:05 pm »
I think Canadians are too civilised to do something like this, but it irritates me when people open their doors to spit or dump their beverage onto the road while waiting at a stoplight.  :hurl:   Gross.

You don't see hockey players spitting?
Onto the road from their cars ?

Perhaps I should clarify. I don't use chewing tobacco so I don't know how this works, but I think it's the wad of puke when the person's done.

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1008 on: March 25, 2017, 02:04:06 pm »
Can't remember the last time I saw someone in public chewing tobacco.  I play softball in the summer, no one does.  Just the baseball players on TV. 

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1009 on: March 27, 2017, 02:19:57 pm »
Speaking of Bluetooth, I haven't been able to link my phone with the car yet.  I've made a few tries.

There has to be something wrong with the system.  When I give a command, the system quits and I'm back at square one.  I'll visit Mazda and let them figure it out.

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1010 on: March 27, 2017, 03:28:03 pm »
Speaking of Bluetooth, I haven't been able to link my phone with the car yet.  I've made a few tries.

There has to be something wrong with the system.  When I give a command, the system quits and I'm back at square one.  I'll visit Mazda and let them figure it out.

The Bluetooth system on our Mazda5 sucks too.  Difficult to pair and eventually manages to unpair itself when you do.  In contrast, the Bluetooth in the aftermarket deck on my old Mazdaspeed and the stock deck on my STI are amazing.  Pair once and forget it, automatically connects every time.

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1011 on: March 27, 2017, 03:30:24 pm »
Speaking of Bluetooth, I haven't been able to link my phone with the car yet.  I've made a few tries.

There has to be something wrong with the system.  When I give a command, the system quits and I'm back at square one.  I'll visit Mazda and let them figure it out.

The Bluetooth system on our Mazda5 sucks too.  Difficult to pair and eventually manages to unpair itself when you do.  In contrast, the Bluetooth in the aftermarket deck on my old Mazdaspeed and the stock deck on my STI are amazing.  Pair once and forget it, automatically connects every time.

Maybe it's that gen?  As that Mazda5 is the same as the above Mazda3.  Not sure of the supplier of the older of newer ones?

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1012 on: March 27, 2017, 07:36:35 pm »
Speaking of Bluetooth, I haven't been able to link my phone with the car yet.  I've made a few tries.

There has to be something wrong with the system.  When I give a command, the system quits and I'm back at square one.  I'll visit Mazda and let them figure it out.

The Bluetooth system on our Mazda5 sucks too.  Difficult to pair and eventually manages to unpair itself when you do.  In contrast, the Bluetooth in the aftermarket deck on my old Mazdaspeed and the stock deck on my STI are amazing.  Pair once and forget it, automatically connects every time.

I gave it one last try and IT WORKED!  HOLY F***!

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1013 on: March 27, 2017, 08:10:58 pm »
NICE!!  ^^^^
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1014 on: March 28, 2017, 12:01:44 am »
I think Canadians are too civilised to do something like this, but it irritates me when people open their doors to spit or dump their beverage onto the road while waiting at a stoplight.  :hurl:   Gross.

You don't see hockey players spitting?
Onto the road from their cars ?

Perhaps I should clarify. I don't use chewing tobacco so I don't know how this works, but I think it's the wad of puke when the person's done.

Thanks to my tummy and my meds not getting along one morning about a month ago, at the red light on Wellington at the corner of Metcalfe I opened the driver's door and hurled breakfast all over the street -- right in front of Parliament Hill -- the tourists LOVED it...   ::)
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1015 on: March 28, 2017, 11:23:22 am »
Last night got four nuisance calls in one our - phone surveys, the cable company and the credit card company trying to push some products on me.

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1016 on: March 28, 2017, 11:50:18 am »
Speaking of Bluetooth, I haven't been able to link my phone with the car yet.  I've made a few tries.

There has to be something wrong with the system.  When I give a command, the system quits and I'm back at square one.  I'll visit Mazda and let them figure it out.

The Bluetooth system on our Mazda5 sucks too.  Difficult to pair and eventually manages to unpair itself when you do.  In contrast, the Bluetooth in the aftermarket deck on my old Mazdaspeed and the stock deck on my STI are amazing.  Pair once and forget it, automatically connects every time.

I gave it one last try and IT WORKED!  HOLY F***!

Let us know how long before it magically unpairs..  :rofl2:

And yeah, could be specific to that generation.  Not sure how good more recent Mazda products are at Bluetooth.

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1017 on: March 28, 2017, 11:51:56 am »
Tried to pair my old Iphone with the rental Mazda 3 I had a month or so ago. It was having none of it.
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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1018 on: March 28, 2017, 09:39:59 pm »
Speaking of Bluetooth, I haven't been able to link my phone with the car yet.  I've made a few tries.

There has to be something wrong with the system.  When I give a command, the system quits and I'm back at square one.  I'll visit Mazda and let them figure it out.

The Bluetooth system on our Mazda5 sucks too.  Difficult to pair and eventually manages to unpair itself when you do.  In contrast, the Bluetooth in the aftermarket deck on my old Mazdaspeed and the stock deck on my STI are amazing.  Pair once and forget it, automatically connects every time.

I gave it one last try and IT WORKED!  HOLY F***!

Let us know how long before it magically unpairs..  :rofl2:

And yeah, could be specific to that generation.  Not sure how good more recent Mazda products are at Bluetooth.

No complaints from my wife.  I very rarely pair my phone to the car.  Only when driving more than 1/2 hour, maybe once a month. 

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Re: Little Things That Irritate Me
« Reply #1019 on: March 29, 2017, 07:50:31 pm »
Finding out why a fan not working , it not wired
The bad part the bx was live , 575v , could have been a shocking time  :o
Same job, RTU-1 ,  the  supply duct from the unit was hooked up to the return duct system  :banghead:
RTU-3, the erv supply has hooked up to exhaust ductwork , so air was blowing into the wc instead of air getting sucked out of wc  ::), this appear to be a manufacturer fack up
What a facking day !