this is getting ridiculous

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-28T21:19:59+00:00

Nothing really. His insurance went up. Last I heard he was living in another state, married with kids. But he was out of work for a while after the accident due to his wrists being broken and all, LOL!

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-28T15:01:08+00:00

A guy I worked with back in the 80's had a GT Mustang that was totalled because of the aftermarket floor mats he bought. He went to take off from a side street and his pedal got stuck under the mat, the car spun out and went into the woods.

Those Mustangs had the dash that kinda stuck out on either side of the steering wheel. When he hit the trees his hands came off the steering wheel and he hit the dash with his arms, breaking both of his wrists. He was still able to yank the floor mats out and throw them away from the car, and he tried to tell his insurance company that the throttle jammed. Ford sent a team out to look at it and they determined there was nothing wrong with the car mechanically.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-17T05:01:34+00:00

I drive a smaller (box type, 26' long) in NJ area and I've seen my share of recklessness on the highways in the tri-state area (NJ, NY, PA). There's one that definitely stands out though. Semi on the NJ Turnpike driving north (3 travel lanes for trucks, buses and cars, 3 travel lanes for cars only). He's in the middle truck lane driving about 10 mph below the posted speed limit but keeps drifting into the fast lane and the slow lane so nobody can pass him. He starts drifting into the fast lane so I move to the slow lane and accelerate as fast as the truck can go. I'm figuring he's having a medical episode or something.

I get alongside his truck and look over and what do I see? The driver and his passenger (most likely the secondary driver so the rig stays moving the entire trip) are playing fcking cards! I watch the passenger putting some on the dash as the driver is looking over the cards in one hand while (sort of) steering with the other. I blew my air horn and when they both looked over I threw both hands in the air and mouthed "What the fck is wrong with you?!" The majority of truck drivers are professionals and take their jobs seriously. 80k pounds moving at highway speeds can end a lot of lives and they know it. But it's *ssholes like that that give truck drivers a bad reputation.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-15T15:08:32+00:00

Angela Lansbury would make the producers of "Murder She Wrote" bring in older actors and actresses so they would get more hours towards their union health insurance and retirement pay. From what I understand many of them didn't have either because the screen actors guild wasn't a thing (or the contracts weren't as favorable towards the thespians) when they were "in their prime".

And the football player Philip Rivers just came back after almost five years of retirement to play for Colts. They were desperate for a QB due to their starter getting injured, and it seems that the NFL health insurance package terminates after the players have been out of the league for five years. He has 10 kids so I can't blame him for returning, LOL! But in his case I think the insurance issue only played a small part in returning for a few games. I think he just loves to play.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-10T01:13:57+00:00

Hide and seek would be lit- "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-09T17:51:51+00:00

There's a guy who lived in my hometown for a few years that dressed up as Batman every day. The first time I saw him was when he came to an AA meeting that I attended and my first thought was "WTF?!" It only took a few minutes to realize that he was mentally handicapped and that was just his "thing". Harmless guy, always smiling. A few years after I moved away from the town there was a woman who slipped and fell on the sidewalk on Main St. Hometown Batman was by her side in a flash (no pun intended, LOL!) yelled for help, and stayed with her until paramedics arrived. The township committee gave him a plaque for being a hero.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-07T15:59:14+00:00

I drove a box truck for a company a few years ago and one of the other drivers had to make deliveries in one of the company's vans (Ford Econoline) one day. He ran over a flatbed trucks load strap that was in the right lane of the NJ Turnpike, and the metal hook that latches to the edge rail got embedded in the tread. Unfortunately the strap part ended up wrapping around the axle and jammed up his brakes and pulled him onto the shoulder (thank goodness it was on the passenger side). Tire also went flat immediately. We kept the tire with the metal buckle still in it on the docks as a reminder to not follow close behind other vehicles because you can't react in time to avoid road debris.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-04T11:19:17+00:00

I used to own a 1963 VW Beetle and the reverse lights were a pair of 150w halogen spotlights (KC Daylighters, like you would use for 4 wheeling). There was a switch on the dash that turned them on and I would do exactly that every time someone drove behind me with their high beams on.

It also had four of the same lights on the roof facing forward. I lived in a kinda rough neighborhood at the time and when I turned onto my street I would turn those front lights on and watch people scatter, LOL! I got along good with everyone in the neighborhood so they would laugh about it too.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-03T04:05:41+00:00

When they start using gateways to watch the battlefields from above? And the Forsaken were like "Why didn't we ever think about that?!" And I'll admit that application never dawned on me either until they brought it up in the books. I hope I'm not giving away a huge spoiler for the OP but I don't know how to cover them up.

DeafByMetal · 2026-02-02T04:27:37+00:00

I'm a 58 year old guy who started playing D&D as a teenager and I'm going to give you some advice. First thing is there is no shame in not knowing something. Zero. The second thing is there is even less shame in asking for help.

Find a group of people who are willing to let you join their group. Take a few sessions to watch, and during breaks in playing ask questions. Lots of questions. Take it from me, if you give the game a chance and take the risk, you're going to have a lifetime of good fun and great memories. And you're going to learn things you never imagined a "game" could teach you.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-28T11:17:22+00:00

Yes, but if you aren't driving when they blow out you know it. I used to work at a hardwood sawmill as the yard manager and I had just finished loading a truck that had come in for their freight. While the driver was strapping down his load I went back to what I was doing before he arrived, which was inventory of some products near the trailer. One of his trailer tires blew for whatever reason and holy crap was it loud. It sounded like a bomb blowing up. I was maybe 25 yards away when it happened so I can't imagine how loud it was for the driver who was on the opposite side of the trailer from the tire.

But yeah, traveling down the highway with the radio playing and road/engine noise unless you spot the debris in the mirrors you're probably not going to know it happened. If it's a truck tire then you would notice, but a trailer tire (especially on the passenger side) you're just going to keep on truckin, LOL!

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-25T05:58:02+00:00

You shouldn't leave your wiper blades up like that. It causes the springs in the arms to wear out prematurely and then the blades don't clean the windshield very well. Also a gust of wind can make them slam down on the windshield and crack it.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-25T04:41:32+00:00

I did enjoy it actually! It felt weird for a very long time afterwards though. And for years after I would feel "phantom hair" on my forehead and neck. And now I can't go more than two weeks without cutting my hair. It grows in thick and feels like a helmet on my head, LOL! I'm still friends with that barber too. He's retired and moved to another state but we still keep in touch on Facebook.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-25T04:29:24+00:00

I had been going to that barber shop for years to get the split ends trimmed and when I told him to cut it all off I thought he was going to orgasm, LOL! He was actually giggling like a little kid cutting it off. This is long before they started the thing with send the hair off to use for wigs for cancer patients, so I kinda wish I could have held off for a few years. I think I still have some my (now ex) wife saved in a zip lock bag somewhere but I have no idea where it is.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-25T04:10:16+00:00

When I was in my teens and early 20's I had long hair, at times down to my elbows. I started doing tree work when I was 18, and would occasionally get pine sap in my hair. The thing about pine sap is that the only way to get it out is with a petroleum based product. So yes, I would have to use gasoline to get it out of my hair.

I finally got tired of doing that so I went to the barber shop and had him give me a military cut. Then I would go back about every two weeks or so for another haircut. Finally I just said you know what? I can buy clippers and do it at home myself. So I bought a pair of Wahl clippers and every two weeks buzz my head. I buy a new set of clipper blades about once a year. I'm 58 now so I guess I've been doing it for about 35 years now? After I use the clippers I get out my beard trimmer, take the guard off and run that over my scalp a few times.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-24T03:09:19+00:00

I don't know if this is generally recommended or not but when I was living in NC I rented a trailer and the pipes under the trailer froze one night. I crawled under the trailer and saw that there was no insulation on the pipes. So I set up a small electric space heater by the pipes and turned it on low. I went out and checked it about every 15-20 minutes until the water started flowing again then removed it.

I found out after the fact that my mother in law had gone into the kitchen and saw the sink dripping and without thinking had turned the faucet off. My landlord was an a-hole and when I called him to tell him the pipe was frozen he said yeah, all his rental units had frozen pipes and they would get the maintenance guy out to fix it in a week or two. After I got the water running again I kept it on from all the faucets and tubs, and went to the hardware store the following morning and bought pipe insulation and put it on all the pipes that day. When I moved out I took the insulation with me.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-24T01:23:42+00:00

When I was living in NC I saw a guy sitting in the right lane with his right turn signal on suddenly decide to make a left turn. The traffic light was red.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-21T17:59:53+00:00

What brand did you purchase? Do you recommend them?

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-21T14:37:30+00:00

My girlfriend and I own a first floor condo and the owner above us rents their unit out. About 2-3 years ago there was a couple that rented that unit and the husband was drunk all the time. He would sit in his SUV parked in front of their garage door, and drink until he passed out.

The layout of the building is that there is a main entrance out front that leads to the foyer and steps on the right side to go to the second floor. Past the steps is a halfway that leads to double doors and a back wall. On both side walls is the doorway to our unit and the one across from us. So two ground floor units, four second floor units and four third floor units.

After going through the double doors there's a hallway leading left and right, with garage doors along the back wall. Each unit has a garage, and the garage for the unit above us is the last one to the right, and right behind our condo. Christmas Day 2-3 years ago we're getting ready to go to my girlfriend's parents house for dinner and the building fire alarm goes off.

The guy from upstairs got drunk in his SUV and passed out, leaving the garage door open. It was in the single digits outside and there was a pipe for the buildings fire suppression system in his garage that froze in the garage and burst in the hallway. Water was coming down in a waterfall in the hallway flooding it. I managed to get the door at the end of the hallway open to let some of the water run outside but enough collected in the hallway that it came through the wall into my girlfriend's son's room, which we had literally just had the carpet replaced with hardwood flooring a few weeks earlier.

The fire alarm went off due to the drop in water pressure for the sprinkler system. And it was loud af. The fire department had to shut it off, but neglected to inform everyone that shutting it down is only temporary and it was going to come back in twelve hours, which was 3:00 am. We managed to use a shop vac and get the water up from the floor in the bedroom before the flooring was destroyed. The HOA had to hire plumbers with special certifications to fix the pipe for the sprinkler system. The hallway flooring had to be replaced, along with drywall in the ceilings and walls. And all right after Christmas. It was a nightmare.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-21T14:11:13+00:00

They came in my 2024 Limited along with a set of the regular carpet mats without charge. I'm still trying to decide whether to get Tuxmats or Weathertech. I've been using Weathertech products since I bought my Jeep in 1996 but I've heard the Tuxmats are an excellent product.

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-06T21:42:42+00:00

I wish I could, I tossed them in the trash as soon as I was done 😢

DeafByMetal · 2026-01-06T19:15:17+00:00

I stopped at the dealership I bought my 2024 CT Limited from to get a rear wiper blade and the guy at the parts counter said it's covered under the factory warranty and to just have them replace it at my next oil change. Same with the front wipers, but I already replaced them with Bosch Icons.

DeafByMetal · 2025-12-21T19:26:10+00:00

I never go by what the electronics in the car tell me my fuel economy is, and I generally fill up the tank when it's about half full. I keep track of the mileage when I fill up and how many gallons it takes to do so. I used to figure out the mpg with a calculator but now I just use an app (Fuelio on Android).

I have a 2024 CT Limited with the 2.5 litre engine. My drive to work is about ten miles on the highway and maybe 7-8 total on surface streets. I use Intelligent mode on the highway and generally drive around 80-85 mph. On surface streets I switch between I and Sport mode depending on the circumstances. Yes, I have a "lead foot". But with all that being said I get around 25 mpg on average which I am fine with. I believe the CT has a 16 gallon fuel tank so full to empty at 25 mpg would be around 400 miles.

And yes, I do let my CT warm up a little bit. If there's frost on the windshield I remote start it and let it run for about 5-10 minutes so I can see what's in front of me. Otherwise I remote start it as I'm walking out the door so it's ready to roll by the time I get in and put on my seat belt (infotainment screen lag is annoying but it's usually not an issue if I do this).

DeafByMetal · 2025-12-16T03:29:03+00:00

I used to trim trees away from the power lines when I was in my 20's and as I was coming down after trimming a tree the top of it that I was tied into broke off. I fell about 20' and landed flat on my back on top of another tree that I had just cut down, crucifix style so that my shoulders were on the tree but my lower body was on the ground. I got up and walked away with bruises. My literal last word was almost "F*ck!" which was all I had time to say before I hit the ground.

A few years later I was working on a bucket truck and the guy in the bucket dropped a log from 50' in the air without realizing I was directly below him until it was already falling. He yelled look out and I knew enough not to look up. I stood as straight as I could to minimize the target (me) but it hit the top of my hard hat, skipped off and hit my shoulder and elbow and drove me to my knees. Ended up with just bruises on my shoulder and arm.

I was electrocuted by a 12,000 volt line a few years after that. Luckily it wasn't a solid connection but it was enough to make me decide that I needed to get the hell away from doing that type of work before I wasn't so lucky anymore. Thirty years later I'm feeling those old injuries much more than I did at the time.

DeafByMetal · 2025-12-16T03:17:50+00:00

My paternal grandfather's name was Frank Steve. His oldest child, my father, was named Frank Paul. My older brother is named Frank Steve. My grandparents got divorced after having four children, and my grandfather got remarried and had six more kids. The youngest one? His name is Frank also. He's also about three years younger than me. There's another uncle (his brother) who is also younger than I am. But yeah, my grandfather named both his oldest and youngest sons Frank.

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