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9/24/98 Whats with people who slow down and look at you while you are stuck on the side of the road. They are not going to stop but they just have to slow down and take a look. It should be an automatic ticket for every idiot that does that. Just drag them out of the car and give them a good whack and a ticket to boot.

9/24/98 Why in the world would you ever want to mix metric and standard bolts on the same part. Auto makers must just have stock in tools companies. I takes a class one grade A idiot to come up with ideas like that. Also who would put important fittings behind hoses that cannot be bent out of the way. Is it too much trouble to think for a few seconds before designing parts.

9/21/98 I want to meet whoever is in charge of the trail ratings at Telico ORV. They are way off. Perhaps if they were required to take those same trails in their own personal vehicle (most likely something stupid like a RAV4) they would change those ratings.

9/21/98 I really want to know what idiot put adjustment bolts on the back of the power steering pump. Makes it almost impossible to loosen.

8/17/98 They need to offer anchors as optional equipment for Jeeps. Even with mud tires and good brakes sometimes you still just slide. I think a nice heavy boat anchor would work great. Just have a lever just like the emergency brake. Except this would be the @#$!%!@# brake lever.

8/11/98 Well I managed to dent the fender of my jeep last weekend. What is the deal with plastic bumpers ?? They are worthless. I would like to meet the rocket scientist that came up with that idea.

8/2/98 Why cant they come up with a car wax that can repel Georgia mud. I don't care what you put on your Jeep (with the exception of cooking spray) that mud will not come off without getting your hands dirty, and I mean really dirty.

8/2/98 Speaking of mud, what's with this stuff we have here in Georgia. Its gooey, gloppy, and usually stinky. Not to mention slippery, slimy and generally oozy.

7/17/98 What the hell is up with people moving their houses on the freeway. Those stupid wide load trucks block traffic for miles. Those guys think that towing a house gives them some kind of immunity to traffic laws.

6/15/98 How come they always fill up your water glass with ice at the restaurant. Do I look like I can swallow ice cubes whole ? I just hate it when the ice sticks at the bottom of the glass and then chooses the worst possible moment to come sliding down into your face.

6/14/98 Whets the deal with black widow spiders ? I just found one in my storage area today. She sure was an ugly little bugger. What possible used does this stupid little spider serve. I mean its not like its gonna be able to hide with that big red hourglass. Seems to me that they are about as useful as fire ants.

6/12/98 Is it just me or has the majority of drivers here in Atlanta forgotten basic driving rules. How about turn signals, or safe distance between cars. What's up with this fascination with accidents. I cannot stand sitting in traffic only to find out that the only reason that it was slow in the first place is that people are slowing down to take a look at some guy changing his tire on the side of the road. Another thing, when an emergency vehicle is trying to pass you MOVE OVER !! The next time it may be your house that is burning down while they are stuck in traffic.

6/11/98 What is up with people that cannot take a shower without letting the water run all over the floor. My upstairs neighbor has this problem. Its so bad that my bathroom ceiling has to be replaced. When this guy showers my ceiling drips. GET A CLUE buddy. Water all over the floor is a bad thing.

6/10/98 Don't you just hate being "ON CALL". That silliness needs to be outlawed. I have been on call for a few days now and I'm going crazy. Then again some people say that I was crazy before this but that is another topic eh! Anyway, my problem is that there seems to be no limit to when these people will call. They call when I'm in the shower, they call when I'm sleeping. But the absolute worst is that they call early in the morning when I'm getting my beauty rest. I hate being awakened by the telephone in the morning. ARGGGGH.

6/9/98 Is it just me or is the government just being plain stupid in regards to this Microsoft thing. I think the government needs to get out of the software design business. They have already proved that they don't no anything about the process or the industry.
6/8/98 What is it with web pages these days. People seem to feel the need to make them over complicated and tons of animated GIF files. They also seem to feel some need to cram Java "Craplets" in their pages for no reason. I am tired of waiting for stupid Java scripts to download so it can animate my background. BIG WU.  We also need to work on color schemes. I cannot stand these neon color schemes people use. My eyes water when I have to read that stuff. ARRGGH. Oh well. Perhaps we should just go back to gopher and telnet. Oops I'm dating myself with comments like that.