Couldn't find a Pet Peeve thread so I figured it was time when I saw the second of my most hated Nautical Pet Peeve "proudly" displayed on a Game Warden's boat on the news this AM. For the record, my biggest nautical pet peeve are PWCs.
I can't stand it when I see folks keep wrapping line over a cleat until it's a blob. There's no reason for more than two cross strokes over the cleat for a proper, symmetrical, and stylish "Cleat Hitch" as shown below. Yeah, on my dock I even do the rolled extra line thing when I finally get my fore and aft lines "just right" for the season.
On the other hand, many folks, including "The Admiral" love to pile up the cris-crossing of the lines into a huge blob. This configuration offers absolutely no improvement in holding and looks like crap. One can always tell who tied up our kayaks by looking at the cleat the kayaks are secured to...
So what drives you nuts, ashore or afloat???
Pet Peeves...
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On the boat when people leave the door to the head open. On land when people (my wife) leave every cabinet in the kitchen open. Also, when you hold a door open for someone and they say nothing.
Wow can’t believe most of my stuff revolves around doors lol
Wow can’t believe most of my stuff revolves around doors lol
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,665 postsSince 2018
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Couldn't find a Pet Peeve thread so I figured it was time when I saw the second of my most hated Nautical Pet Peeve "proudly" displayed on a Game Warden's boat on the news this AM. For the record, my biggest nautical pet peeve are PWCs.
I can't stand it when I see folks keep wrapping line over a cleat until it's a blob. There's no reason for more than two cross strokes over the cleat for a proper, symmetrical, and stylish "Cleat Hitch" as shown below. Yeah, on my dock I even do the rolled extra line thing when I finally get my fore and aft lines "just right" for the season.
On the other hand, many folks, including "The Admiral" love to pile up the cris-crossing of the lines into a huge blob. This configuration offers absolutely no improvement in holding and looks like crap. One can always tell who tied up our kayaks by looking at the cleat the kayaks are secured to...
So what drives you nuts, ashore or afloat???
Not that many turns but I am guilty of photo # 2
Couldn't find a Pet Peeve thread so I figured it was time when I saw the second of my most hated Nautical Pet Peeve "proudly" displayed on a Game Warden's boat on the news this AM. For the record, my biggest nautical pet peeve are PWCs.
I can't stand it when I see folks keep wrapping line over a cleat until it's a blob. There's no reason for more than two cross strokes over the cleat for a proper, symmetrical, and stylish "Cleat Hitch" as shown below. Yeah, on my dock I even do the rolled extra line thing when I finally get my fore and aft lines "just right" for the season.
On the other hand, many folks, including "The Admiral" love to pile up the cris-crossing of the lines into a huge blob. This configuration offers absolutely no improvement in holding and looks like crap. One can always tell who tied up our kayaks by looking at the cleat the kayaks are secured to...
So what drives you nuts, ashore or afloat???
Not that many turns but I am guilty of photo # 2
First MateOriginal Crew711 postsSince 2018
hey R7, that bunched roped cleat there looks to be the safest approach for the setting, the thick rope there looks to be very fresh and stiff, gonna make it hard to coil... also there's snow & ice onda deck which dosent make it practical for a large coil and for a safe path... being that Im not a boat man, I may have thrown the extra length off the deck into the water to soften it and to get it the hell out of the way... cellfish... :oops:
CommodoreOriginal Crew18,289 postsSince 2019
WTF did lawn mower manufacturers dump the choke control?? I haven't had one in over 20 years and I do miss the manual choke. Are people that friggin dumb that a manual choke is beyond their comprehension???
Why am I so worked up? I spent 4 days, and almost a full bottle of Seafoam and Seafoam Spray trying to get an inherited lawnmower to work properly. IF this mower had a manual choke my trials and tribulations would have only lasted only 15 minutes. Friends of mine gave me a hardly used mower that sat for enough years to have all the gas in it evaporate. I knew I'd be in for some fun with it, but figured WTF. When I brought it home I poured in some fresh gas and hit the starter, yeah even has electric start, and VRMMMMMMM, she started right up. That's great I thought, shut her down, and put her away.
On Thursday I decided to use her to get to all the spots I can't reach with my zero turn machine. She started up and noticed she was running a bit rough, but still running. The fun started when I shut her down to grab a drink. When I came back, she wouldn't start, until after waiting 15 minutes. Figured the carb was junked up so decided to grab some Seafoam on my Friday trip into town, before I said uncle and bought either a carb rebuild kit or a new carb.
Got the Seafoam, both normal and spray, on Saturday, and gave her the full treatment. Started to run a little better, but still had no starting when warm. Figured more Seafoam was necessary so did another couple of treatments with improving performance, but still no warm starts. While I had the air filter off I realized that the choke wasn't closed when the engine was warm, but if I closed it with a screwdriver, she'd start warm. Eureka!! The root cause of the problem and no need to rebuild the carb!! Things were looking up!
Spent most of my rainy Sunday surfing the internet, but nothing was helping me out until one YouTube video suggested a design flaw with my Briggs & Stratton engine that caused a sticking cam. This plastic cam could be helped with some filing so I figured I was finally out of the woods.
Took her apart this AM and it turns out that the mower MFG, TroyBilt, didn't have the same cam that the YouTube video was talking about. However, it was apparent that mine was sticking too, just not in the same way as the video. I took it off and oiled the post it was mounted on. Other than that, the spring was good and it should work, but no, still got stuck. At least by this last disassembly I realized that I could get a screwdriver down a space and manually move the butterfly cam into the "Choked" position, so even though I didn't FIX it, I had a work around that would hold me over until I had to bring it in to be serviced by a professional.
Automatic Choke? We don't need no stinking Auto Choke!!!
Why am I so worked up? I spent 4 days, and almost a full bottle of Seafoam and Seafoam Spray trying to get an inherited lawnmower to work properly. IF this mower had a manual choke my trials and tribulations would have only lasted only 15 minutes. Friends of mine gave me a hardly used mower that sat for enough years to have all the gas in it evaporate. I knew I'd be in for some fun with it, but figured WTF. When I brought it home I poured in some fresh gas and hit the starter, yeah even has electric start, and VRMMMMMMM, she started right up. That's great I thought, shut her down, and put her away.
On Thursday I decided to use her to get to all the spots I can't reach with my zero turn machine. She started up and noticed she was running a bit rough, but still running. The fun started when I shut her down to grab a drink. When I came back, she wouldn't start, until after waiting 15 minutes. Figured the carb was junked up so decided to grab some Seafoam on my Friday trip into town, before I said uncle and bought either a carb rebuild kit or a new carb.
Got the Seafoam, both normal and spray, on Saturday, and gave her the full treatment. Started to run a little better, but still had no starting when warm. Figured more Seafoam was necessary so did another couple of treatments with improving performance, but still no warm starts. While I had the air filter off I realized that the choke wasn't closed when the engine was warm, but if I closed it with a screwdriver, she'd start warm. Eureka!! The root cause of the problem and no need to rebuild the carb!! Things were looking up!
Spent most of my rainy Sunday surfing the internet, but nothing was helping me out until one YouTube video suggested a design flaw with my Briggs & Stratton engine that caused a sticking cam. This plastic cam could be helped with some filing so I figured I was finally out of the woods.
Took her apart this AM and it turns out that the mower MFG, TroyBilt, didn't have the same cam that the YouTube video was talking about. However, it was apparent that mine was sticking too, just not in the same way as the video. I took it off and oiled the post it was mounted on. Other than that, the spring was good and it should work, but no, still got stuck. At least by this last disassembly I realized that I could get a screwdriver down a space and manually move the butterfly cam into the "Choked" position, so even though I didn't FIX it, I had a work around that would hold me over until I had to bring it in to be serviced by a professional.
Automatic Choke? We don't need no stinking Auto Choke!!!
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,694 postsSince 2018
[LIST]
[*]people who apparently can't read & get on 12 Items or less line at the supermarkeet with an entire cart full of groceries in front of me when I had like 3 things to checkout - even more peeved when they see how littlwe I've got & don't tell to me to go ahead of them
[*]shopping carts in parking spaces - especiually when the "cart corral" is like 10 feet awa
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[*]people who apparently can't read & get on 12 Items or less line at the supermarkeet with an entire cart full of groceries in front of me when I had like 3 things to checkout - even more peeved when they see how littlwe I've got & don't tell to me to go ahead of them
[*]shopping carts in parking spaces - especiually when the "cart corral" is like 10 feet awa
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AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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[*]people who apparently can't read & get on 12 Items or less line at the supermarkeet with an entire cart full of groceries in front of me when I had like 3 things to checkout - even more peeved when they see how littlwe I've got & don't tell to me to go ahead of them
[*]shopping carts in parking spaces - especiually when the "cart corral" is like 10 feet awa
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Did 4 years in the A&P while in College in the late 60’s, often on the express line. Soup Nazi comes to mind; however the Manager backed me up, I imagine not so much now.
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[*]people who apparently can't read & get on 12 Items or less line at the supermarkeet with an entire cart full of groceries in front of me when I had like 3 things to checkout - even more peeved when they see how littlwe I've got & don't tell to me to go ahead of them
[*]shopping carts in parking spaces - especiually when the "cart corral" is like 10 feet awa
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Did 4 years in the A&P while in College in the late 60’s, often on the express line. Soup Nazi comes to mind; however the Manager backed me up, I imagine not so much now.
CommodoreOriginal Crew12,891 postsSince 2019
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Did 4 years in the A&P while in College in the late 60’s, often on the express line. Soup Nazi comes to mind; however the Manager backed me up, I imagine not so much now.
First job was late 70's - Finast/Edwards/Stop'n'Shop.
I have my union card from Finast somewhere - they just took dues from the HS student...lol.
Never made it past Finast (y)
Did 4 years in the A&P while in College in the late 60’s, often on the express line. Soup Nazi comes to mind; however the Manager backed me up, I imagine not so much now.
First job was late 70's - Finast/Edwards/Stop'n'Shop.
I have my union card from Finast somewhere - they just took dues from the HS student...lol.
Never made it past Finast (y)
CommodoreOriginal Crew9,821 postsSince 2018
People who laugh after anything they say. Doesn't have to be funny, and it usually isn't, but there is this nervous laugh after a sentence or statement and I end up focusing on it.
No turn signals in certain situations...lots of traffic, trying to merge, at an intersection and I don't know which way you are planning on going. I don't care that you want to cut me off or get in front of me....just a little heads up so I'm not slamming my brakes.
No turn signals in certain situations...lots of traffic, trying to merge, at an intersection and I don't know which way you are planning on going. I don't care that you want to cut me off or get in front of me....just a little heads up so I'm not slamming my brakes.
First MateOriginal Crew417 postsSince 2018
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People who laugh after anything they say. Doesn't have to be funny, and it usually isn't, but there is this nervous laugh after a sentence or statement and I end up focusing on it.
No turn signals in certain situations...lots of traffic, trying to merge, at an intersection and I don't know which way you are planning on going. I don't care that you want to cut me off or get in front of me....just a little heads up so I'm not slamming my brakes.
so you must hate Harris!!!
People who laugh after anything they say. Doesn't have to be funny, and it usually isn't, but there is this nervous laugh after a sentence or statement and I end up focusing on it.
No turn signals in certain situations...lots of traffic, trying to merge, at an intersection and I don't know which way you are planning on going. I don't care that you want to cut me off or get in front of me....just a little heads up so I'm not slamming my brakes.
so you must hate Harris!!!
Deckhand1 postsSince 2022
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AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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[LIST]
[*]people who apparently can't read & get on 12 Items or less line at the supermarkeet with an entire cart full of groceries in front of me when I had like 3 things to checkout - even more peeved when they see how littlwe I've got & don't tell to me to go ahead of them
[*]shopping carts in parking spaces - especiually when the "cart corral" is like 10 feet awa
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To say nothing of shopping carts left in the handicap spots.
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[*]people who apparently can't read & get on 12 Items or less line at the supermarkeet with an entire cart full of groceries in front of me when I had like 3 things to checkout - even more peeved when they see how littlwe I've got & don't tell to me to go ahead of them
[*]shopping carts in parking spaces - especiually when the "cart corral" is like 10 feet awa
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To say nothing of shopping carts left in the handicap spots.
First MateOriginal Crew281 postsSince 2019
People who show up to the post office, get on line , present themselves to the service agent and realize immediately that they are completely unprepared for what they thought they were going to do.
Doing this is disrespectful to the agent, all other people on line and embarrassing to the individual themselves who has shown how ignorant they are.
Doing this is disrespectful to the agent, all other people on line and embarrassing to the individual themselves who has shown how ignorant they are.
CommodoreOriginal Crew16,165 postsSince 2018
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