What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Eagle1]

A longer look at VW XL1

 

[BravoXray]

Oh, come on. That story has been around for as long as I can remember so it has to be true!

Back in the '70s, the story was they could get 100 MPG with a carburetor. So I guess with EFI, the figure, they say, is 300 MPG.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Back in the '70s, the story was they could get 100 MPG with a carburetor. So I guess with EFI, the figure, they say, is 300 MPG.

That's with inflation calculated in, right?

 

[Runner]

VW claims 300 mpg or 100k per liter in 2014

 

[WinterDeere]

VW claims 300 mpg or 100k per liter in 2014

Can't watch the video right now, my office mate is on a conference call. But doesn't VW have somewhat of a history of false claims, regarding mileage and emissions?

 

[masseyrider]

Can't watch the video right now, my office mate is on a conference call. But doesn't VW have somewhat of a history of false claims, regarding mileage and emissions?

They did say the Poles threatened them so they had no option but to invade.
It's sort of a national trait.

 

[Jstpssng]

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There's a lot more than a carburetor involved here. Actually no carb, as it's a diesel-electric hybrid. Using that logic a Tesla gets infinite miles per gallon.

 

[garry1p]

I'm sure it has been said before, but for me the upcoming time change is a major pet peeve.

 

[WinterDeere]

I'm sure it has been said before, but for me the upcoming time change is a major pet peeve.

There have been people pushing to stay on daylight savings time, which would be weird. High noon would not be high noon at the geographic center of the time zone, anymore. We would be permanently out of sync with everything from satellites to historical astronomical data, and those countries that don't observe daylight savings time.

Somehow, people are stupid enough to think that's is a better solution than just waking up an hour earlier. As if you're less tired at 5am standard time than 6am daylight time. It's the same time!

 

[Eagle1]

There have been people pushing to stay on daylight savings time, which would be weird. High noon would not be high noon at the geographic center of the time zone, anymore. We would be permanently out of sync with everything from satellites to historical astronomical data, and those countries that don't observe daylight savings time.

Somehow, people are stupid enough to think that's is a better solution than just waking up an hour earlier. As if you're less tired at 5am standard time than 6am daylight time. It's the same time!

I do that now. I never change clocks away from the DST and just do the math if for some odd reason time matters. I do get confused when I computer is an hour off all winter long.

 

[Runner]

I do that now. I never change clocks away from the DST and just do the math if for some odd reason time matters. I do get confused when I computer is an hour off all winter long.

Wait, don't the clocks on all computers change automatically?

I don't think the clock in my 20 year old truck has ever been changed, except when I changed the battery.

 

[WinterDeere]

I do that now. I never change clocks away from the DST and just do the math if for some odd reason time matters. I do get confused when I computer is an hour off all winter long.

I guess if we’re going to be on daylight time for 8 months of the year, and standard time for only 4, that’s the path of least resistance. For some reason, it really bothers me, as I just don’t understand the point of it.

Since the beginning of keeping time, we’ve adjusted to “high noon”. With time zones came a little compromise, with high noon only happening at 12:00 at the center of each time zone. But ignoring political adjustments, everyone was still mostly within 30 minutes of that.

So, we shift the clock an hour… but we still have the same number of hours of daylight and dark. Seems to me that if you wanted more hours of daylight before bedtime, than when you wake, one could just shift their own schedule relative to the sun, rather than the whole world playing a game of “what time is it”? It’s just a number, after all.

 

[Eagle1]

I guess if we’re going to be on daylight time for 8 months of the year, and standard time for only 4, that’s the path of least resistance. For some reason, it really bothers me, as I just don’t understand the point of it.

Since the beginning of keeping time, we’ve adjusted to “high noon”. With time zones came a little compromise, with high noon only happening at 12:00 at the center of each time zone. But ignoring political adjustments, everyone was still mostly within 30 minutes of that.

So, we shift the clock an hour… but we still have the same number of hours of daylight and dark. Seems to me that if you wanted more hours of daylight before bedtime, than when you wake, one could just shift their own schedule relative to the sun, rather than the whole world playing a game of “what time is it”? It’s just a number, after all.

Daylight saving time in the U.S.​

In the United States, daylight saving time was first used in 1918, when a bill introduced the idea of a seasonal time shift. It lasted seven months before the bill was repealed.

During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt re-established the idea of daylight saving time. It was called "War Time."

War Time began in Feb. 1942 and lasted until the end of Sept. 1945.

In 1966, the Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the idea of regulating a yearly time change. Daylight saving time would begin the last Sunday in April and end the last Sunday in October.

During the 1973 oil embargo, the United States Congress ordered a year-round period of daylight saving time to save energy. The period ran from Jan. 1974 to April 1975. The plan did little to save energy and lost popularity. In Oct. 1974, the U.S. switched back to standard time.

From 1987 through 2006, daylight saving time started the first weekend in April, running through the last weekend in October.

In 2007, the start and end of daylight saving time shifted again. That year, it began on the second Sunday in March and it ended on the first Sunday in November, which has been the case ever since.


SO really a very recent implementation. I was born pre DST.

The future of daylight saving time​

In recent years, some have pushed to make daylight saving time last year-round. Several states have passed legislation to make this law.

I guess "time" will tell if we see year-round daylight saving time in the future.

 

[CaptPat]

Pet Peeves include:

People who say that there's no such thing as a stupid question, there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise,

People who post questions in online forums when the answer is readily available by searching for a few seconds,

People who post the same question that's already been posted three times in the last week,

Any topic where the number of reply pages exceeds 2.

 

[masseyrider]

Pet Peeves include:

People who say that there's no such thing as a stupid question, there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise,

People who post questions in online forums when the answer is readily available by searching for a few seconds,

People who post the same question that's already been posted three times in the last week,

Any topic where the number of reply pages exceeds 2.

I hate to ask.
So, are there any stupid questions?
Because what you said is just like your opinion man.

 

[CaptPat]

I hate to ask.
So, are there any stupid questions?
Because what you said is just like your opinion man.

The whole post is my opinion...

 

[kenmbz]

Pet peeve was GWB jr changing DST so we are out of sync with the rest of the world that does DST for a few weeks each spring and fall.
Hard enough to schedule meetings in multiple time zones, but when it's off by an extra hour, but only for a few weeks, well, enter my nightmare.

 

[Jstpssng]

Any topic where the number of reply pages exceeds 2.

Yet this one has 27. So why did you read it, let alone post?

 

[WinterDeere]

Any topic where the number of reply pages exceeds 2.

Dude, you’re in the wrong place. There’s barely a thread on this forum that doesn’t go 6-7 pages.

 

[scootr]

Dude, you’re in the wrong place. There’s barely a thread on this forum that doesn’t go 6-7 pages.

You could ask what does 'righty tighty - lefty loosey' mean and watch it go 6 pages....