What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[BravoXray]

Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Fight me.

The BEST Christmas movie.
It ain't Christmas until Hans Gruber is blown backwards out of the window in Nakatomi Tower.

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Talking about superglue, once opened, if you used a small drop next time you go to use that tube it ain't gonna work, time to start a new tube.

The only thing I can get to stay stuck together with super glue is my fingers.

 

[Runner]

I'm with Runner. Some quotes from the movie:

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho." -- McClane

"Not a creature was stirring, except the four a$$holes coming in the rear." -- Theo

"This is Christmas music!" -- Argyle

"It's Christmas, Theo. It's the time of miracles. So be of good cheer." -- Hans

... and the best one of all...

"If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's!" -- Argyle

Oh the weather outside is frightful. Dum de dum delightful. -- Sgt. Al Powell

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[Runner]

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Bruce

Problem with this is that tax rules change every year, so you have to re-learn it every year. You only have to learn trigonometry once.

 

[WinterDeere]

Problem with this is that tax rules change every year, so you have to re-learn it every year. You only have to learn trigonometry once.

True. But I do think there should be some home economics class, even if just one semester at some point, so everyone has at least a basic understanding of things like mortgages, car loans, state and fed taxes, CD’s, 401k’s, IRA’s, and brokerage accounts.

Damn… that’s a lot, now that I type it all out, and that’s really just scratching the surface.

We used to have every kid take wood shop, metal shop, cooking, and sewing in my school. One quarter year of each of those four subjects, of which now I believe the first two are gone. At least some of those newly-free hours could be very usefully replaced with something on basic home economics.

I do recall taking two courses on “Economics” in high school, micro and macro. But they had everything to do with the economy as an abstract, and almost nothing to do with personal finance, at least so far as I can remember now. I think micro was a requirement, and macro was an elective.

 

[masseyrider]

I'm with Runner. Some quotes from the movie:

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho." -- McClane

"Not a creature was stirring, except the four a$$holes coming in the rear." -- Theo

"This is Christmas music!" -- Argyle

"It's Christmas, Theo. It's the time of miracles. So be of good cheer." -- Hans

... and the best one of all...

"If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's!" -- Argyle

Real f'n heart warming.
"Look daddy, an angel got it's wings"

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My peeve...businesses not doing what they say they'll do.
Right now waiting on a sofa delivery I paid for.
Text from salesman yesterday "good news! Sofa will be delivered tomorrow morning! Delivery guys will call early giving delivery time. It's 11:45...no call or sofa
Yesterday a pest control company came out for squirrels in the garage. $85 service call. They check everything out, I hand owner $100 bill. He said I'll text estimate later today. No receipt, text, nothing.

 

[gstrom99]

I'm with Runner. Some quotes from the movie:

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho." -- McClane

"Not a creature was stirring, except the four a$$holes coming in the rear." -- Theo

"This is Christmas music!" -- Argyle

"It's Christmas, Theo. It's the time of miracles. So be of good cheer." -- Hans

... and the best one of all...

"If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's!" -- Argyle

Yippee-Ki-Yay .....

 

[Runner]

True. But I do think there should be some home economics class, even if just one semester at some point, so everyone has at least a basic understanding of things like mortgages, car loans, state and fed taxes, CD’s, 401k’s, IRA’s, and brokerage accounts.

Damn… that’s a lot, now that I type it all out, and that’s really just scratching the surface.

We used to have every kid take wood shop, metal shop, cooking, and sewing in my school. One quarter year of each of those four subjects, of which now I believe the first two are gone. At least some of those newly-free hours could be very usefully replaced with something on basic home economics.

I do recall taking two courses on “Economics” in high school, micro and macro. But they had everything to do with the economy as an abstract, and almost nothing to do with personal finance, at least so far as I can remember now. I think micro was a requirement, and macro was an elective.

Agree totally. I'm pretty sure I remember a course being offered in my HS called "Practical Math" that was as you describe.

In "my day" typing was a worthwhile elective class to take. Now, kids know how to type before they can walk....