Rants

[MJZiggy]

Been there, done that.

[Kiwon]

I hate people who talk during a movie and drunks that crash their cars inside the theater.

[MadtownPacker]

Haha, wouldnt it have been the shit if that happened during a car chase scene??

[Kiwon]

Haha, wouldnt it have been the shit if that happened during a car chase scene??

Good one, Mad! That and some heart attacks too.

Actually the guy came very close to hitting people. The SUV came in right at head level. How drunk do you have to be to run into the side of a movie theater?

[GBRulz]

Reminds me of the movie "Bachelor Party" when Tom Hanks ran the bus into the movie theater to save his bride from her kidnapper

[Freak Out]

I hate people who talk during a movie and drunks that crash their cars inside the theater.

Nobody was hurt? Lucky........The front of the truck is in good shape......construction codes need to be looked at.

[SkinBasket]

Had a new dishwasher installed, and in the process found out that the garbage disposal connector to the old dishwasher was corroded to the point that a new garbage disposal is needed. And the brand spanking new dishwasher can't be used until the garbage disposal is replaced.

Bought a new garbage disposal to replace the old garbage disposal, which is stuck to the sink to the point where I can't get it out of there. So I'm taking another day off work tomorrow to meet somebody to get the old disposal removed so the new disposal can be installed.

I'm expecting the guy tomorrow to tell me that I need a new sink and counter top so I can get a new garbage disposal installed.

Home ownership can be a pain in the a$$.

Yes, I know people are starving elsewhere in the world, but still rant worthy, IMO.

WD40+Hammer+Screwdriver=ultimate weapon.

[MadtownPacker]

WD40+Hammer+Screwdriver=ultimate weapon.

WRONG!

wire+pliers+mexican=canfixanything

[MJZiggy]

I thought it was duct tape...?

[Freak Out]

Had a new dishwasher installed, and in the process found out that the garbage disposal connector to the old dishwasher was corroded to the point that a new garbage disposal is needed. And the brand spanking new dishwasher can't be used until the garbage disposal is replaced.

Bought a new garbage disposal to replace the old garbage disposal, which is stuck to the sink to the point where I can't get it out of there. So I'm taking another day off work tomorrow to meet somebody to get the old disposal removed so the new disposal can be installed.

I'm expecting the guy tomorrow to tell me that I need a new sink and counter top so I can get a new garbage disposal installed.

Home ownership can be a pain in the a$$.

Yes, I know people are starving elsewhere in the world, but still rant worthy, IMO.

Must be some serious corrosion in there...plumbers putty should never get that hard. What kind of sink is it? You might be better off getting a new one than wasting time thrashing the old trying to get the damn disposal off. I got a new one a few years back and the thing is a beast! You are supposed to throw chicken bones in it every once in a while to keep the blade/choppers sharp!

[superfan]

You are supposed to throw chicken bones in it every once in a while to keep the blade/choppers sharp!

I like to throw a whole chicken in there to keep the plumbing gods happy.

All is resolved. I took everyone's advice and paid a Mexican armed with wire, pliers, duct tape, wd40, screwdriver, and hammer. He had the old one out and the new one up and running in 30 minutes flat.

End rant.

[superfan]

Colorado football coach Dan Hawkins recently contributed one of the great rants ever.

Follow this link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2765424

and play the video to get the audio. It's classic. Story below.

Buffs too tough? Go play intramurals, brother
ESPN.com news services

And you thought Ralphie the Buffalo running onto Folsom Field was intimidating.

At a news conference last week, Colorado coach Dan Hawkins, trying to turn around a Buffaloes team that went 2-10 overall and 2-6 in the Big 12, had what sounded like a loud and clear message for players who think his training regime is too tough: Go play intramurals.

And the way he delivered that message, it might still be echoing through the Front Range.

Hawkins let fly with the loud rant when discussing the kind of toughness that he wanted to bring to the Buffaloes -- and acknowledging that it might not be for everyone. For example, he said, an anonymous parent sent him a letter protesting the players getting only a two-week break in their offseason conditioning program when they normally had three weeks off.

"Well we gave them a week at the start of the semester rather than at the end but here's my point, OK," Hawkins said in a calm, quiet voice.

Then he let fly.

"It's Division I football! It's the Big 12! It ain't intramurals!" he roared.

"You've got two weeks after finals, you've got a week of July Fourth and you get a week before camp starts," Hawkins continued, still shouting at the top of his voice. "That's a month that's probably more vacation then you [reporters] get. And we're a little bummed out that we don't get three weeks?"

"Go play intramurals, brother … go play intramurals," he said, calming down.

Thursday, on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning , Hawkins said he did not intend to make a point to his players via a sound bite. He said he tends to speak from the heart and gets more animated around the local media that cover the Buffs on a regular basis.

Hawkins said his players are more than willing to do what it takes to turn the Buffaloes around.

"They’re fully on board, they know what's going on," he said. "They certainly want that level of intensity ... no one wants to lose five in a row in 2005 and no one wants to go 2-10 [last season].

"We're not going to get back to the glory years if we just show up."

As for the rant? Hawkins said his friends in the coaching community told him they thought it was "hilarious."

Hawkins arrived at Colorado from Boise State, where he went 53-10, to turn around a program embroiled in controversy over recruiting practices and rape allegations by former female placekicker Katie Hnida. He succeeded Gary Barnett, who ignited a firestorm in 2004 when he reacted to Hnida's claims with criticism of her kicking ability.

Barnett stepped down in 2005 after reaching a financial settlement with the university.

[MadtownPacker]

All is resolved. I took everyone's advice and paid a Mexican armed with wire, pliers, duct tape, wd40, screwdriver, and hammer.

Damn!! He must have been one of them hightech vatos.

You make sure nothing got stolen?

[Little Whiskey]

wire+pliers+mexican=canfixanything

I thought that was the formula for: canSTEALanything

[Little Whiskey]

You are supposed to throw chicken bones in it every once in a while to keep the blade/choppers sharp!

When i used to work for the milw co. golf courses we convinced a fellow worker that the more sticks and brush she ran over with the mower the sharper the blades would be. she rolls back into the service yard with tree trunks hanging all over the machine and told the maint. man that he wouldn't have to sharpen the blades on her machine....since she had been running over branches all day.

i about fell over in my chair laughing!!! the maint. dude was pissed!!