These Things Need to Go Away FOREVER…
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“I saw six men kicking and punching my mother-in-law. My neighbor said ‘Are you going to help?’ I said, ‘No, Six should be enough.”
— Les Dawson
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OK, I am cleaning my desk, getting ready to go to WIA and something annoyed me–I think it was Michael. I will spare you the details. BUT, it did give me an idea for a little weekend contest for those who are NOT GOING to Woodworking in America.
All you have to do is list a couple of things that need to go away–as in FOREVER. You know, either bad ideas or obsolete vestegial things from days gone by. This will be a communal RANT!
OK, I will start;
1) The US Penny
2) Slotted screws
3) The vegetable crisper in those little dorm fridges…how stupid is THAT?
Got it?
Comments Away!
John
October 9th, 2012 at 4:35 PM
John,
Can I argue the slotted screws? I to wish to banish them to hell for most uses, but I really think the brass ones can look very nice on a brass hinge.
Without the penny, how would you pay me for all my advice?
-Rutager
October 9th, 2012 at 4:51 PM
I figured you to argue for the dorm fridge veggie crisper… Silly me.
-John
October 9th, 2012 at 4:54 PM
I was going to, but couldn’t see through the tears in my eyes to type a response.
-Rutager
October 9th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Anything greater than a 4 day work week.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Hot melt jointery
October 9th, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Mice in my shop
October 9th, 2012 at 5:35 PM
By the way John, Is that why you keep burying pennies in your commemerative tools? You aren’t keeping up – I just received 9 (brand new I might add) pennies with my change at Wall Mart tonight. I’m thinking there was a shortage of nickles…
October 9th, 2012 at 5:36 PM
John, did you get the e-mail with the pics of the Japanese bed? I wasn’t sure if you would want to post these (or where).
Dennis
October 9th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Got em! Will share next week.
-John
October 9th, 2012 at 5:40 PM
The fungus amungus
October 9th, 2012 at 8:22 PM
I’ve gotta join Dennis on the 4-day workweek. It would revolutionize our society.
Also:
Mosquitoes
Black flies
Rutager’s eHarmony page
October 9th, 2012 at 9:04 PM
I’m going to WIA, which makes me ineligible for the contest, but I just had to add this:
Jared from Subway
-Eric, who just ordered a whole pile of brass and steel slotted screws from Blacksmith Bolt here in town.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:43 PM
Political commercials
October 10th, 2012 at 12:29 AM
1. Turn signals, because no one uses them.
2. Standardized testing, of the public school variety.
3. My two cats, they live in my shop and wreak havoc where ever they go.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:28 AM
The media folks will hate me for this: Political Advertising
October 10th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
*Income Taxes
*Poison Ivy
*Venerial Diseases
October 10th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
- the 2 party political system
- the current tax code
- texting while driving
October 10th, 2012 at 2:17 PM
-The demise of the Canadian penny
- ni-cad batteries
- mass-produced furniture
October 10th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
1) Electronic devices that beep.
2) Electronic devices that make any sound that you didn’t specifically tell the device to make.
3) Autodialers owned by telemarketers. Or, conversely, just the telemarketers.
4) Contests that limit my rants to three items!
October 10th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
- Good one! I will add “texting while walking”. Just yesterday we had a delivery person walk right out in front of a freight train with people yelling at him, lights and dingers going AND the train blowing his whistle. The train was going slow and stopped within 5 ft of him. Can you believe it? He was texting!
October 10th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
One more!
TELE-MARKETERS!
October 10th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
By the way, I’m not going to WIA THIS weekend, so If you meant going AT ALL, you will need to erase all of my comments John! Sorry if I messed up on that detail!
October 11th, 2012 at 6:41 AM
Imperial units of measure
October 11th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Lets add:
The entire packaging industry/packaging almost impossible to open and environmentally unfriendly.
And, AC to DC power adapters that render the unused outlet unusable–both of these really torque my disposition.
October 15th, 2012 at 5:49 AM
1. Limited time period tool ordering.
2. One-time tools.
October 15th, 2012 at 7:25 AM
I was waiting for this…. Thanks Ron!
October 15th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Now that I’m done with the show, I can participate.
1.) Subscription cards in magazines- bought a couple for on the plane and they were falling out at the news stand and on the plane.
2.) Crappy tools that don’t work.
October 15th, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Illinois Nazis–I hate Illinois Nazis.
October 16th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
RC helicopters that just crash through no fault of the pilot!
October 16th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Mullets- although I think Michael could rock one.
October 18th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
John,
My vote would be for Rutager times 3. Does that work?
Fred
October 18th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Fred’s Entertainment Center–I want it!
-Cooter Ditchman
October 19th, 2012 at 12:52 AM
The loose shelves & other pieces of Fred’s entertainment center could be used to make a shipping container for itself to John…
(The shipping label might be the only part of the package that makes the entire trip across country.)
October 19th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Here we go
1. Terrorists
2. People with sticky fingers
3. Clowns
Great Idea for a contest by the way!
October 19th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
My contributions:
1. Breast cancer (too many family & friends suffer from it).
2. People who don’t use turn signals
3. Getting old
4. Dust bunnies!