You know what really grinds my gears?

[PhilliesFan13]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Claw machines. Especially when the claw is right on what you're trying to get, but refuses to clasp onto it.

If I'm not mistaken, claw machines have a set monetary amount that will allow the claw to hold onto the item when the amount is reached. For example, if the amount is set for every $10, and you put in the tenth dollar, you'll get the item.

There may be some exceptions to this though. I won two items back to back this summer on a machine at the beach.

[NinerFan1983]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

My little nephew's football coaches only giving him two snaps the whole game after he had busted his *** off at practice and had a good solid week of practice too.

[slickdtc]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The ****ing score ticker on the bottom of CBS's broadcast being cut off on my TV.

I got a standard TV, but it's pretty big and I'm not dropping money to replace it if it isn't broken.

Such crap.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

My godamn router signal, god forbid there's a wall. Lag.....

[SinisterAlex]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When I'm playing online games and my internet decides to randomly stop working for 30 seconds then come back on.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When I'm playing online games and my internet decides to randomly stop working for 30 seconds then come back on.

I ****ing hate Wifi.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The ****ing score ticker on the bottom of CBS's broadcast being cut off on my TV.

I got a standard TV, but it's pretty big and I'm not dropping money to replace it if it isn't broken.

Such crap.

Yeah I noticed that today, too. Not sure why CBS doesn't do the letterbox format for SDTV broadcasts. I mean I know most stations are switching it up so they use the same feed for both HD&SD, but usually they do it like Fox, instead of cutting off a bunch of the screen just to fit... and they somehow make it too big even for that.

[Redacted01]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I ****ing hate Wifi.

I'm with you partially. The modem/router that Verizon gave me for Fios was awesome. I very rarely had a problem. Now that I moved, I'm back to my cheap Cisco router again and it just disconnects randomly during the day for a minute or two.

Buy a nice router and you don't have a problem (well, you shouldn't, my modem acts up sometimes). I wish the D-Link router I had didn't die. It was close to $100 and was so nice, but it's hard justifying spending $100 on something that only lasted 1-2 years.

[Mabster]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I used to have a belkin router that would drop wifi everytime the girl that lived upstairs used her microwave.

My grammar is horrible using Tapatalk.

[bigbob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I used to have a belkin router that would drop wifi everytime the girl that lived upstairs used her microwave.

My grammar is horrible using Tapatalk.

I had nothing but problems with my Belkin. Whenever I had a house phone, if someone would use the house phone/someone would call, the wireless wouldn't connect with my PS3.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yea Belkin sucks they have to be the worst company for routers.

[gopher_guy]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people say "Not that I really care about _______, but.... [long rant]"

Clearly you do care about it if you thought out that rant in your head.

[XtremeDunkz]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yeah I noticed that today, too. Not sure why CBS doesn't do the letterbox format for SDTV broadcasts. I mean I know most stations are switching it up so they use the same feed for both HD&SD, but usually they do it like Fox, instead of cutting off a bunch of the screen just to fit... and they somehow make it too big even for that.

Standard def is no longer standard, it is a dead format. That is why.

[SPTO]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Standard def is no longer standard, it is a dead format. That is why.

This is true but l3ulvl is indicative of a lot of people that aren't going to just chuck their TV because HDTV is the standard now. Luckily for me the NFL games that I want to watch are simulcast and they go letterboxed (yes I have an SDTV though it can easily be upconverted but don't know where to buy the parts) so it's not a huge deal but when I get a game that's on ABC only (NCAA FB) I do get this issue of a full screen and things getting cut off.

[XtremeDunkz]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Right but with HDTV being so cheap now (You can get a nice 32 inch for like $300 or less) the huge upgrade in visual quality should be worth it to upgrade.