What's Your Pet hate?

My pet hate is washing dishes. The missus cooks and I wash dishes.

We have a perfectly good dishwasher sitting in the shed gathering dust because there's no dish washer recess in our rental!

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Originally Posted by DX grunt

My pet hate is washing dishes. The missus cooks and I wash dishes.

We have a perfectly good dishwasher sitting in the shed gathering dust because there's no dish washer recess in our rental!

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No room in the laundry either, Rossco? When I had a flat, I put mine in the laundry and plumbed it into the laundry sink. That's a shame that you cannot use it.

People who advertise roof racks to fit GU patrol OR cruiser..... Idiots, it wont fit both !!!

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Originally Posted by the ferret

Fair comment Clunk, not stirring, but I believe in not putting yer self in harms way, fer sure we could get hit by a bus, lightning, some drunken maggot or a burgler, but there are many things that contribute to fatalities, I just like to help folks become aware that circumstances alter cases and not knowing something or being ignorant of things can kill you.

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and I for one am very appreciative of your's, Doggy's and others comments and input on the whole subject, I've learnt alot........................

now back to pet hates...................

i really have a big dislike for people who arrange a meeting for a certain time, then don't turn up at all and don't give you a courtesy call....................

Welllllll, when a copper is doing 50 in a 60 zone and people in both lanes are too scared to pass em!!! ITS NOT ILLEGAL YOU CAN DO 60 PasT HIM GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Originally Posted by the ferret

AND another thing while I'm on the warpath, all you guys who install rear drawer systems, have you stopped to think of the damage that can be caused to your children or rear seat passengers in the event of a rear ender?
You have a very solid box with long pieces of timber and in some cases, STEEL tubing just waiting to be shoved into the backs of those passengers.
By installing these systems you have over ridden the "CRUMPLE" effect of your 4x4, the vehicle may still crumple, but the great big box you have built will not crumple and will be forced forward, taking out whoever is in it's way.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT?
A friend of mine lost his Dad, not from a drawer system, but during a rollover the loose hydraulic jack hit him in the head.
Moral of the story "Tie it down, or don't leave town"
Sorry to rant on, but I get very angry when people die just having fun when there is no need.

As they say "ya dead fer a long time"

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Hmmm ... I hear ya mate, however I'm not really in agreeance - just my opinion, but unfortunately statistics and risk percentages come into play, and with that said, tell me the risk percentage of that happening based on:

- The city I live in
- The speeds I travel
- My driving style
- Time on the road
- Road usage (city v country)
- Number of times (out of all the above) that I have occupants in the back

Add to that:

- What is it that's hitting me (height, weight, type)
- How hard would the impact be based on type of driving (nudge v full impact)
- and finally, in the event of a full blown impact, chances of the bars not bending (don't have bars in mine - all sheet metal, so massive slicing and dicing would more likely) and penetrating the seats and occupants?

It's a risk no doubt, but adding all the above together would result (if real figured were even available) in an extremely low percentage of probability (not possibility). I would suggest anyone who works in the CBD has higher (far higher) risk of being struck as a pedestrian, but that doesn't stop us crossing the road - because (as per all our discussions) we are 'taught' to look to the left, look to the right, and look to the left again, etc, etc ... we can take every precaution known to man and the unfortunate reality is that accidents (true accidents) do happen, and that we can't control the behaviour of others (prepare for it yes, but not control it).

I have shelves in the back, and carry the most precious of possessions in the back seats - my kids! - and I am accepting of the risk as I allow a large stopping distance between myself and the car in front (I don't @rse hug), I rarely speed and am very conscious of my speed, and I drive to the conditions of both the road and the surrounds (bush, buildings, houses etc) irrespective of the speed limit ..

That all said - I still hear you and acknowledge your point of view.

My pet hate is when you get home from a family birthday party and you have too many drinks and leave the bloody birthday cake on the roof of the car...lol

Just got home now and realised when I went to the fridge...oops!

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Originally Posted by AB

My pet hate is when you get home from a family birthday party and you have too many drinks and leave the bloody birthday cake on the roof of the car...lol

Just got home now and realised when I went to the fridge...oops!

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Better than leaving a beer up there - been there, done that ... side note (and dhuck can vouch for this) on the last trip to cruiser park, I left a stubby on the back of the rig - asked the eldest lad to move it forgetting the open beer was sitting on the rear bar ... not only did he drive over the stubby at least in reverse when it fell off (and probably twice after he went forward) the bottle barely buried into the ground as it was hard and didn't break!! Something to be said for 14psi in the tyres hey??!!

With a good steady driver like you Andy, it may still be there lol.

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Originally Posted by the ferret

With a good steady driver like you Andy, it may still be there lol.

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Maybe once upon a time .... but now he's got a turbo? No chance!! lol